You posted:

You ask anyone that lives in New England what paper they read on
Sunday,and they will say the "globe"

As usual, you were not specific on anything. A common supermarket tabloid is
known at "The Globe" (in the same class as the "Weekly World News", ect.). In
any event, most newspapers can't get their scientific facts correct (one
recently stated that Mars would come within "35 miles" of the Earth). Go read
the board of inquiry findings on the probes which were lost if you dare. It
wasn't an "aerial" problem (the probes don't have aerials, they have
*antennas*). The only probe which had an antenna problem was Galileo, and it
did not visit Mars. Mars Explorer failed before it reached Mars. Mars
Climate Orbiter was guided too close to the atmosphere of Mars and it burned
up due to a navigation error. Mars Polar Lander had its engine shut down too
soon and crashed. Your sources of information are *not* very good.
--
David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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