Stay on target...

Yep, it's almost time for all those Mars missions to arrive. Nozomi is due to get there SUN 14 DEC 2003, Mars Express and Beagle 2 will get there on THU 25 DEC 2003, and the Mars Exploration Rovers SUN 04 JAN 2004 and SUN 25 JAN 2004.

Why are they all due to arrive on Sundays or holidays? Did the flight controllers unionise and demand overtime pay?

Anyway, now it's your chance to get involved in these missions! Yes, they need your help to get to Mars. Use these utilities to determine the likelihood of mission success. But be careful! If these missions fail, humanity as we know it may lose interest in Mars, and NASA will have to spend its budget flying dead end missions to nowhere. I mean, more so than it currently does.

MARS EXPRESS/BEAGLE 2

Landing speed of Beagle 2 [m/s]:
Boulder density in Isidis Planitia [m^-2]:
Probability of gasbag failure [spacecraft]:
Probability of gasbag failure [politician]:
Probability of mission success:

MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS

Landing speed of rovers [m/s]:
Boulder density in Gusev Crater [m^-2]:
Boulder density in Meridiani Planum [m^-2]:
Probability of gasbag failure [spacecraft]:
Power of giant lasers that Martians currently have pointed at Opportunity [kW]:
Probability of Spirit mission success:
Probability of Opportunity mission success:
Probability of at least one successful rover:

NOZOMI

Flyby altitude [km]:
Probability of another solar flare in the next week:
Probability of mission success:
Probability of failing to capture:
Probability of hitting Mars:

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