Xref: utzoo sci.space:8584 sci.space.shuttle:2098 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!jim From: jim@nih-csl.UUCP (jim sullivan) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: The Soviet MARS 2 and 3 unmanned probes. Message-ID: <839@nih-csl.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 17:31:11 GMT References: <8811291638.AA00713@decwrl.dec.com> Reply-To: jim@nih-csl.UUCP (jim sullivan) Organization: NIH-CSL, Bethesda, MD Lines: 23 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