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.

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On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:38 AM, 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.

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Update on Phobos-Grunt:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/08phobosgrunt/

73s

Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL