Russians shoot for Mars and land in Pacific

[Whitney]

that thing didn't really look like it would have survived a landing on mars anyway; unless they had built in some autopilot to land it like a human could.  The US mars probe had giant crash bubbles around them....the russian one looks like the old lunar lander.

[Asmodean]

that thing didn't really look like it would have survived a landing on mars anyway; unless they had built in some autopilot to land it like a human could.  The US mars probe had giant crash bubbles around them....the russian one looks like the old lunar lander.

It wasn't going to Mars, was it? To Phobos, no?

In any case, both Russia and the States have landed stuff on Mars before with relative success some times.

[Davin]

At least they're still trying, 'Merka cancelled a lot of our space programs... if only there was a way to re-ignite the US vs. Soviet space race...

[Firebird]

that thing didn't really look like it would have survived a landing on mars anyway; unless they had built in some autopilot to land it like a human could.  The US mars probe had giant crash bubbles around them....the russian one looks like the old lunar lander.

It wasn't going to Mars, was it? To Phobos, no?

In any case, both Russia and the States have landed stuff on Mars before with relative success some times.

Yes, I believe it was going to try and scoop up some dirt from one of the moons, something like 8 oz. worth. The US, if nothing else, has had a fair amount of success using unmanned probes and telescopes, except for the one that crashed when one group was using the metric system and the other was using the US measurement system.

[Sandra Craft]

Must have been a nasty moment for the inhabitants of Wellington Island.