Jan-H. Raabe,Student TU Braunschweig, wrote:

Hihi

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8191


Crash site of Mars probe 'disappears'

    * 14:58 21 October 2005
    * NewScientist.com news service
    * Kelly Young

The tantalising dark dot thought to be the Mars Polar Lander in 2000 was
nowhere to be seen in the new, improved photo (Image: NASA/JPL/Malin Space
Science Systems)

A sharp image of a suspected crash site for the Mars Polar Lander has turned
out to contain only natural features of the Martian landscape.

NASA?s Mars Polar Lander (MPL) was lost during its entry through the Red
Planet?s atmosphere in December 1999. An investigation determined that the
lander?s legs had deployed before touching down, which may have sent a
false signal that the craft had landed, causing the engines to shut down
prematurely. The lander may then have plummeted 40 metres to the surface.

so?