"David Knisely" wrote in message
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Joe Smith wrote:

Lets hope jan4-5,,,will show us something eh???
Question is there 4 (four) expeditions to Mars???
I know of the two from the US and the Soyez used to
lift the European,,,,,that makes 3,,,comments??

Two MER rovers, ESA's Mars Express orbiter + Beagle Lander, and Japan's
Nozomi
(now deemed a failure, as control is apparently lost).

Oh My Gawd! Are we going to be subjected to an announcement that:

THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED: ?

The mind boggles.


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David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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