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Posted by David Williams on August 29, 2005, 10:28 pm
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-> A dozen or so old spacecraft? What would that dozen be? Let me see, two
-> Viking landers, the Pathfinder rover and its lander (if you want to
-> count them separately), the MERs and their landers (again, if you want
-> to count the rovers and landers separately) . . . hmmm . . . not even
-> up to ten yet . . .
-> Are you including the craters made by failed missions and whatever
-> debris may be left in them?
There were a few Soviet landers, weren't there, including one that
managed to transmit for only a few seconds after landing, but which
nevertheless *did* make it to the surface in some sort of working
order.
And there are some that didn't make it, but which are probably
not totally wrecked: the Mars Polar Lander, for example, and maybe
Beagle 2.
I made no claim to have done an exact count, but my guess of about a
dozen recognizable spacecraft on the Martian surface is probably pretty
close to the truth.
dow
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