Japanese Mars Probe Failing

Posted by michael on Friday November 21, 2003 @11:16AM from the warranty-expired dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "After months of silence and a week of hopeful half-truths, Japanese space officials have finally confirmed that their Mars-bound Nozomi probe is teetering on the brink of failure in its five-year quest to explore the Red Planet. The Nozomi orbiter is one of four spacecraft that are due to converge on Mars in the next two months. The other three probes -- the European Space Agency's Mars Express and NASA's two Mars Exploration Rovers -- are still on track and in good working order, according to the latest status reports. Mars Express is due to enter Martian orbit on Christmas Day and send a British-built Beagle 2 lander to the surface, while the NASA rovers should arrive on Jan. 3 and Jan. 24."

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Someone needs to tell there designers by Bendebecker · 2003-11-21 11:26 · Score: 0, Troll

You fail it!

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Offtopic, your sig by aliens · 2003-11-21 11:38 · Score: 0, Troll

I thought the same exact thing. Then I remembered oh wait I live in the US, same place that now has the Terminator as a major political entity.

It really is disturbing. "Huge Terrorist bombing in Turkey, BUT who cares! Jacko is wacking off lil boys again!"

Made me really sick to my stomach. I guess if it's not 3000 people and happening in our country Bin Laden doesn't matter worth a shit. I'm sure some families in Turkey are glad their country is allied with the United States right now.

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Re:Still fingers crossed for Mars Express by SharpFang · 2003-11-21 12:14 · Score: 0, Troll

Could someone explain that -1 troll moderation on this?

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