June 02, 2003
First Up

Mars Express and the Beagle 2 lander were successfully launched today.

Posted by T.L. James on June 2, 2003 09:27 PM

Comments

Good luck to them all. It's time to put this "Mars Curse" nonsense to rest. Pushing the envelope is not without risk of failure, and failure can be caused by a lot of things that have nothing to do with "bad luck" or curses.



Posted by: Carl Carlsson at June 4, 2003 08:11 PM

Some people, though, don't think so highly of the various Mars probes being launched this year. More on that in short order...



Posted by: T.L. James at June 4, 2003 09:59 PM