Putting the Odyssey Spacecraft in Martian Orbit

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 ;-)"