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While attention has centered on Curiosity, it has also unraveled an alarming trend of miscommunication regarding previous Mars missions. Recently, a video was released that pointed to discrepancies in a 2009 BBC documentary titled “Mars Horizon Guide,” which repeated mistakes from earlier media portrayals. This documentary seemed to recycle content from past broadcasts, including a problematic narrative about the Viking Landers—a series of missions conducted in the 1970s.