doktor dynasoar

} Too bad about Beagle, but it was predictable.
} Since the Successful Viking Missions quarter of a century
} ago, the Landers whose L.R. devices indicated positive
} for life,

More correctly and specifically, one test showed results which could
indicate life, or could indicate another process, like oxygen being
released from martian soil when hydrated. Sagan gave that one a 50%.
The other test was completely inconclusive.