<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by RimRat: But are you sure we're talking about the same cross-section of people? Those don't sound like they can read, never mind read newspapers. Or want to.<p>My point was merely that those who are interested enough to read the story already know that it's an unmanned mission. I considered -- and consider -- the word to be redundant in that context.<hr></blockquote>I suspect that Cindi reads the astrology column when there's a paper handy and the contest lunk probably glances at the sports page. They may not be the demographic that reads the paper for news, but you'd think some of the TV news-at-11 teasers would have penetrated re: the Mars landing. Ah, well...<p>However, for future reference-seekers, the manned/unmanned status may not be as clear, and the word not as duplicative of known fact as you think. Take pity on those who google 25 years from now for a school report.<p>What's driving me nuts is the implication that this is the first time we've landed on Mars. I may be entering my anecdotage, but I distinctly remember sitting in a room at JPL during the Viking missions watching pictures come in of Utopia Planitia.<p>D.
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