Hey, as long as they *hit the planet* they’re ahead of the game. :’) The miss rate is, basically, ridiculous. The Russians are the worst at it; and of course, bad luck plays a role, such as when the Russians got a successful capture for an orbiter, they turned the cameras on just in time to see a formerly unknown “moon” of Mars (basically, a chunk of space debris in orbit around Mars) coming directly for it. Boom, no more probe. :’)
That’s the problem with unmanned missions. Those last minute corrections are too late or impossible.
We either need to send men or get to work on real artificial intelligence.
Yeah, but with such a low atmospheric pressure, you’d think they could plunge it at a much steeper angle. They’re going in so shallow. They must know something we don’t. The heat generated from the atmosphere can’t be anywhere near as high as with Earth’s atmosphere.