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Putting the Odyssey Spacecraft in Martian Orbit

Posted by timothy on from the go-fast-turn-left dept.

FortKnox writes: "There is an interesting article about NASA attempting to place the Odyssey Spacecraft in Martian Orbit on Oct 23rd. Looks like it is a tough maneuver. Maybe they should just say the trip to Mars was the mission, and putting it in orbit is a "bonus mission" like they did with Deep Space 1. Seems they do a better job if it isn't a criteria of the actual mission ;-)"

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  1. That's like in Spaceballs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Instead of the Winnebago, it's a Honda Odyssey! That's cool!