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post Nov 11 2007, 09:53 AM
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post Nov 12 2007, 08:09 PM
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oDoug nailed it; there's just no way to do a meaningful comparison between missions, all it can turn into is a popularity contest modulated by personal interests & biases.

Now here's a possibly interesting question: how many lunar & planetary science missions have been launched to date? Just off the top of my head I think we're nowhere near the 100 mark (maybe not even fifty, but pretty close if not), and achieving those figures would be milestones of a sort...


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- PhilCo126   Greatest Unmanned space probes !   Nov 11 2007, 09:53 AM
- - djellison   LOL - a Top 10 that includes 15 spacecraft Doug   Nov 11 2007, 09:55 AM
- - Paolo   WHAT!?!? no Giotto?   Nov 11 2007, 10:08 AM
- - PhilCo126   Well, my favorites are those who made it to the ou...   Nov 11 2007, 10:15 AM
- - djellison   No Giotto, no MGS, no Stardust, no Deep Impact, no...   Nov 11 2007, 10:16 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 11 2007, 10:16 AM)...   Nov 11 2007, 03:31 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I have a special fondness for MGS.   Nov 11 2007, 03:44 PM
- - nprev   For real. It's all really subjective, though. ...   Nov 11 2007, 03:55 PM
- - PhilCo126   Well, if this succeeds it will certainly be great:   Nov 11 2007, 05:32 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   The Voyagers are definitely #1 but there are other...   Nov 12 2007, 12:39 AM
- - dvandorn   The problem with this concept is not just that we...   Nov 12 2007, 06:19 AM
|- - AndyG   My particular favourite banana is Hipparcos. Andy   Nov 12 2007, 09:48 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 12 2007, 01:19 AM) ...   Nov 13 2007, 11:24 AM
- - PhilCo126   Well, my favorites go something like this: Sun – ...   Nov 12 2007, 06:46 PM
- - nprev   oDoug nailed it; there's just no way to do a m...   Nov 12 2007, 08:09 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 12 2007, 09:09 PM) Now...   Nov 12 2007, 08:54 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (climber @ Nov 12 2007, 08:54 PM) H...   Nov 13 2007, 03:24 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Mongo @ Nov 12 2007, 07:24 PM) Jap...   Nov 13 2007, 04:16 AM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 13 2007, 04:16 A...   Nov 13 2007, 04:17 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Mongo @ Nov 12 2007, 08:17 PM) Thi...   Nov 13 2007, 04:21 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Mongo @ Nov 12 2007, 08:17 PM) Thi...   Nov 13 2007, 01:17 PM
- - climber   I very much agree with "the other Doug"....   Nov 12 2007, 08:51 PM
- - JRehling   Before I looked, I also put Voyager and Viking in ...   Nov 13 2007, 04:57 AM
- - dvandorn   Great list, Mongo! A few updates, of course.....   Nov 13 2007, 06:02 AM
- - NMRguy   I was thinking of a few others that didn't mak...   Nov 13 2007, 08:39 AM
- - djellison   Stereo may well become great - but I don't thi...   Nov 13 2007, 09:18 AM
|- - NMRguy   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 13 2007, 10:18 AM)...   Nov 13 2007, 12:26 PM
- - peter59   Sorry, but Zond 8 was a very successful mission (Z...   Nov 13 2007, 10:43 AM
- - nprev   Maybe that's the right question to ask: What h...   Nov 13 2007, 12:42 PM
- - Mongo   While rooting through my document folders, I came ...   Nov 13 2007, 04:03 PM
- - PhilCo126   Nice listing Bill, after 31 years I can finally sa...   Nov 13 2007, 05:34 PM
- - climber   Bill, what do you mean by Lunar Orbiter 1 in 1977 ...   Nov 13 2007, 08:26 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (climber @ Nov 13 2007, 08:26 PM) B...   Nov 13 2007, 08:53 PM
- - PhilCo126   nice digital versions: http://www.celestiamotherlo...   Jan 19 2008, 06:58 PM
- - jasedm   IMO Voyager 2 alone is at number one, and the Voya...   Jan 19 2008, 08:21 PM

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