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From: Phil Allison
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:59

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"Jordan"
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> Great achievement, but have we forgotten something?
> I was surprised when I mentioned to some friends that there have been 
> successful landings on Mars since at least 1976 - they were astonished and 
> disbelieving.


** The first successful landing of a Mars probe complete with small "rover " 
vehicle was in December 1971.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3

The Soviets reached the moon with a probe in September 1959.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_2



...   Phil

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