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Mars 1, Japan 0

Posted by michael on from the explosive-space-modulator dept.

davecl writes "Looks like Mars Space Defence may have claimed another satellite. BBC News Online is reporting that the Japanese probe Nozomi, which has already had plenty of troubles, has been knocked out by a solar flare. The scientists in charge say they expect the on board computer to 'repair itself', so it may live to fight another day. A salutary warning for those planning manned missions to Mars."

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  1. I'm curious... by tomzyk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm curious to know how many rockets/satellites have been sent into space and successfully completed their missions by countries OTHER than the United States. Seriously, it seems that all that I hear about is Japanese satellites failing to reach their destination or Chinese rockets failing to get into a correct orbit (or even LAUNCH) or Russian solar sails being destroyed on lift-off.... Is NASA really that far ahead of the rest of the world in space (rockets and probes) knowledge and technology? Or is it just that the media only decides to report on failed missions around the world now-a-days?

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