Re: The Soviet MARS 2 and 3 unmanned probes.

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From: jim sullivan
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1988 17:31

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In article <8811291638.AA00713@decwrl.dec.com> klaes@mtwain.dec.com (CUP/ML, MLO5-2/G1 8A, 223-3283) writes:
>
>	In regards to an earlier posting about MARS 3 being the first
>    human-made vehicle to land on the planet Mars, this is incorrect.  Its
                           ^^^^
>    companion probe, MARS 2, was actually first (1971), though it unfor-
>    tunately crashed on the planet's surface without returning any useful
              ^^^^^^^
>    data.  MARS 3 did land successfully, but it broadcast signals for
                       ^^^^
   









Just had to point out the silliness of this posting... ;-)

jim

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From: jim@nih-csl.UUCP (jim sullivan)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: The Soviet MARS 2 and 3 unmanned probes.
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Date: 30 Nov 88 17:31:11 GMT
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