"George" wrote in message
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"randyj" wrote in message
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"TL the Geologist" wrote in message
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Well the most recent one, considering the miserable failures they
have
had
with the moon recently and a couple of other rovers they sent to
Mars.
However, this is not the first rover, and I'm quite sure it will
not
be
the
last.


Miserable failures with the moon???



If memory serves me correctly, didnt they lose two rovers somwhere
around
the south pole in the last three years?

TL

They lost a lander, not a rover, The Mars Polar Lander, when it had a
premature retro rocket
shut off as it landed at the South Pole of MARS, not the moon, back in
1999
or so. And they
lost a Mars orbiter, Observer, around the same time due to the miles vs
kilometers business.

rj



But what does any of that have to do with "Miserable failures with the
moon???" Who knows?



My mistake, I was remembering wrong. So they had no miserable failures
witht the moon. fine, shoot me, forgive my ignorance, 1999 was a horrible
year for me, and Im lucky I remember much of it anyhow.