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I'm still very nervous about the landing system. It's ambitious, to say the least.

But if it works - oh, if it works! This really is the most exciting project in exogeology since men brought rocks back from the moon.

(Table of localized landing times: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NASA+Cu...)



Yeah, nervous about any landing on Mars really. A failure would be a disaster for a cash strapped NASA and set back the program years.


Our 3/10 track record isn't too great on Mars landing successes either. Here's to hoping!


3/10 includes a lot of older missions and non-us missions. The US has quite a good track record for Mars missions. As time goes on we get better and better.

More info here: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/xnoog/30_success_ra...




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