discoverynews:

The Mars Curse: Missions That Never Made It

Even after 50 years of flying probes to Mars, it is a battle every time to have one arrive safely. More often than not Earthlings lose.

Even if the engineering is perfect, Mother Nature has a mean streak on Mars. “The atmosphere blooms. You can get dust storms. You can get wind. We don’t have the capability to predict those things,”

Hey even if a dust storm destroys the probe at least our math is right… right? Guys? *chuckle*

see the many failures…