"Dust is rising more than 40 miles from Mars' surface, NASA scientists said, and winds at the surface are likely more than 80 miles an hour. High-altitude winds are even faster at close to 260 miles an hour. "
Mars 1, USSR, 11/1/62, Mars flyby, radio failed at 106 million km (65.9 million miles)
Mariner 3, U.S., 11/5/64, Mars flyby, shroud failed to jettison
Mariner 4, U.S. 11/28/64, first successful Mars flyby 7/14/65, returned 21 photos
Zond 2, USSR, 11/30/64, Mars flyby, passed Mars but radio failed, returned no planetary data
Mariner 6, U.S., 2/24/69, Mars flyby 7/31/69, returned 75 photos
Mariner 7, U.S., 3/27/69, Mars flyby 8/5/69, returned 126 photos
Mars 2, USSR, 5/19/71, Mars orbiter/lander arrived 11/27/71, no useful data, lander burned up due to steep entry
Mars 3, USSR, 5/28/71, Mars orbiter/lander, arrived 12/3/71, lander operated on surface for 20 seconds before failing
Mariner 9, U.S., 5/30/71, Mars orbiter, in orbit 11/13/71 to 10/27/72, returned 7,329 photos
Mars 4, USSR, 7/21/73, failed Mars orbiter, flew past Mars 2/10/74
Mars 5, USSR, 7/25/73, Mars orbiter, arrived 2/12/74, lasted a few days
Mars 6, USSR, 8/5/73, Mars flyby module and lander, arrived 3/12/74, lander failed due to fast impact
Mars 7, USSR, 8/9/73, Mars flyby module and lander, arrived 3/9/74, lander missed the planet
Viking 1, U.S., 8/20/75, Mars orbiter/lander, orbit 6/19/76-1980, lander 7/20/76-1982
Viking 2, U.S., 9/9/75, Mars orbiter/lander, orbit 8/7/76-1987, lander 9/3/76-1980; combined, the Viking orbiters and landers returned 50,000+ photos
Phobos 1, USSR, 7/7/88, Mars/Phobos orbiter/lander, lost 8/88 en route to Mars
Phobos 2, USSR, 7/12/88, Mars/Phobos orbiter/lander, lost 3/89 near Phobos
Mars Observer, U.S., 9/25/92, lost just before Mars arrival 8/21/93
Mars Global Surveyor, U.S., 11/7/96, Mars orbiter, arrived 9/12/97, high-detail
Mars Pathfinder, U.S., 12/4/96, Mars lander and rover, landed 7/4/97, last transmission 9/27/97
Nozomi, Japan, 7/4/98, Mars orbiter, currently in orbit around the Sun; Mars arrival delayed to 12/13/03 then fails
Mars Climate Orbiter, U.S., 12/11/98, lost upon arrival 9/23/99
Mars Polar Lander/Deep Space 2, U.S., 1/3/99, lander and soil probes, lost on arrival 12/3/99
Mars Odyssey, U.S., 3/7/01, Mars orbiter, arrived 10/24/01, currently conducting prime mission studying global composition, ground ice, thermal imaging
Mars Express/Beagle 2, European Space Agency, 6/2/03, Mars orbiter/lander, due to enter orbit 12/25/03, landing 12/25/03
Originally posted by Wilber
Then wait till the Prozac dissipates. If you can't see a cross inside a circle
and that doesn't resemble philips then *your* on the wrong planet.
I'm not going argue with you about it. I know what a philips screw looks like and I've never seen one like that before. I'm sure whatever they send out to space uses something stronger then philips screws ..LOL.
You'd think with the billions of dollars spent on the space program, that the US government could afford cameras with equal or better quality than even the lowest of low budget pornographers. Gimme a fuckin break, the pics look like screen caps from a web cam show and not even in color - WTF???
"Dust is rising more than 40 miles from Mars' surface, NASA scientists said, and winds at the surface are likely more than 80 miles an hour. High-altitude winds are even faster at close to 260 miles an hour. "
Originally posted by POV Porn guy You'd think with the billions of dollars spent on the space program, that the US government could afford cameras with equal or better quality than even the lowest of low budget pornographers. Gimme a fuckin break, the pics look like screen caps from a web cam show and not even in color - WTF???
yeah you'd think they'd have wired a OC3 to mars to send back all these high resolution, color pics you're talking about.
I believe that there was a life before! Include finding a water.........,something happened and it is gonna take a long time when they gonna find what´s really happened there!
I'm not going argue with you about it. I know what a philips screw looks like and I've never seen one like that before. I'm sure whatever they send out to space uses something stronger then philips screws ..LOL.
"i've never seen one like that before"
fasteners come in all forms. its not like its a sheetrock screw or something you dork. airplanes USE THE SAME FUCKING THINGS - its a phillips screw head on a different type of fastener.
You know how much garbage we've left in space? Tons. I'm not a big space nut but wouldn't it be possible for that to have hit Mars years ago? I have no idea how long it would take something to float to Mars, that's just a thought. It would be nice for Nasa to explain some of the funnier looking pictures, but I'm not holding my breath.
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