Martian Defense Grid Fails!

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That's a total number including Russian probes.
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And they lost like eight in a row, IIRC.
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Straha wrote:
SyntaxVorlon wrote: ...
No, the green men have sabotaged 2 out of three mars craft, or, bluntly, NASA is so screwed up only 1/3 probes makes it alive.
1. 1/3 of ALL probes have made it alive.
2. *All* 4 probes that have made it have been NASA probes.
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Worlds Spanner wrote:
Straha wrote:
SyntaxVorlon wrote: ...
No, the green men have sabotaged 2 out of three mars craft, or, bluntly, NASA is so screwed up only 1/3 probes makes it alive.
1. 1/3 of ALL probes have made it alive.
2. *All* 4 probes that have made it have been NASA probes.
According to my National Geographic, a Soviet one landed.
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Straha wrote:The American probe landed on Mars succsesfully, before the green men could sabotage it like they have 2/3 other mars missions
They were to busy celebrating their victory over the European probe last month, that this one just slipped by. :lol:
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StarshipTitanic wrote:
Worlds Spanner wrote:
Straha wrote: 1. 1/3 of ALL probes have made it alive.
2. *All* 4 probes that have made it have been NASA probes.
According to my National Geographic, a Soviet one landed.
Actualy several Soviet probes landed but they quickly failed.
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.
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