Talk:Mars 2

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[edit] Merge proposal

In light of their substantially identical content Mars 2 and Mars 3 should be merged. A couple of paragraphs describing the different results of the two missions don't necessitate two complete articles. Eluchil404 10:19, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Maybe separate paragraphs about the problems with each orbiter/lander would suffice. Underlord 02:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

i believe they should remain separate, they are separate space crafts and although they were identical they had some differences.

  • I support the merge. Further, I suggest someone create a new article, perhaps titled "Soviet Mars program" or "Mars program (Soviet Union)" or some such, which has all the information about both Mars 2 and Mars 3, and after that's done replace the entire Mars 2 and Mars 3 articles with redirects to the newly created article. (sdsds - talk) 00:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • I disagree. There is a Mars probe program article with separate entries for all the missions. The information there is expanded in two separate articles for Mars 2 and Mars 3. Redundant information should be removed from the individual pages, yes, but separate pages should remain. Even with minimal content, they would still be very informative and easier to reference and expand than just one article dealing with the general Mars probe program. Ricnun 01:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes it would. No point in doing it though, since someone will eventually merge the articles, given the probable result of this discussion. Ricnun 21:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] first probe to orbit mars?

Other articles often cite Mars 2 as the first probe to ever orbit another planet and the first to ever orbit mars. However the Mariner 9 article claims that probe narrowly beat Mars 2 to the red planet. Could anybody verify for certain what the orbital insertion date for Mars 2 was? The article currently states 27 November 1971 but if it were that simple why would Mars 2 usualy be given credit for first probe to orbit another planet? The orbital insertion date for Mariner 9 is given as November 14 1971.Zebulin 05:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC)