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Originally Posted by m1ck97

DAMN.. why does nasa's ships seem to land?
our attempt of beugle2 got lost somewhere on christmas day!

and one more thing whats the point in launching muti million/billion pound projects on launching a space craft to search for life.

what are they gonna do when they find something? -try communicating like in in the film close encounters... just what is the point... they could find something better to spend there money on!

Only 1 out of every 3 craft land safely on Mars. Nasa has lost probes and satellites that were bound for Mars.

The Japanese had one that was supposed to get to Mars sometime in early December, but they found that they were having trouble communicating with some parts of the probe so they steered it away from the planet, otherwise it would have just crashed into the surface. Canada and a number of other countries had technology and exirients on board, so it doesn't just effect one country, it effects a lot of countries when something goes wrong.

The ESU probe, well its jus balancing out the equation. In order for NASA to land, 2 others have to fail.

The existence of life past life on another planet is worth searching for because it would be the biggest scientific discovery ever. If 2 planets (Earth and Mars) at one time held life, thats two planets in the same solar system. That is amazing. Think of how many solar systems there are. You can't becasue the number is so high. If we can have 2 planets that harbour life at one point, why can other systems have just one?

From reseraching this we can learn a lot about where we came from and where were going. Earth may end up looking like mars someday.