The thing that would worry me on Curiosity is the landing method. Robert OLER WB5MZO life member ARRL AMSAT NARS
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On Nov 8, 2011, at 22:38, B J va6bmj@gmail.com wrote:
It looked like a good launch, but the spacecraft may be lost:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/11/live-zenit-2launch-fobos-grunt-sample...
Origin of the Great Galactic Ghoul:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars#Mars_Curse
Meanwhile, the Mars Science Laboratory's scheduled to be launched later this month.
73s
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