In 1989 I wrote an article on the history of Soviet Mars missions. While new information has come to light in the intervening years, it is amazing to see just how many robot missions failed to reach that planet or function once they got there. Venus, a much nastier world by comparison, was a better planet for Soviet probes, ironically enough. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Turner Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 4:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Death Planet gets a bum rap In somewhat the same vein, but slightly more tongue in cheek, see my "Faster, Cheaper and ... More Metric?" SpaceDaily op-ed: I can only dream of being in Oberg's class as a space journalist. Sadly, according to reports from friends, he's getting shafted from NASA-sponsored panel discussions recently. -michael turner ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 12:05 PM Subject: Death Planet gets a bum rap
Death Planetâ gets a bum rap Problems with Mars probes? The fault
is not in the stars, but in ourselves Commentary by James Oberg
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