English
Proper noun
Great Galactic Ghoul
- space A notional space monster invoked to explain the high failure rate of probes sent to Mars.
See also
wikipedia
Quotations
2004: Considering the billions of dollars worth of spacecraft that the Great Galactic Ghoul has eaten in the past, the UKâ��s Beagle 2, at about $70 million, must have seemed like an insignificant little morselâ��like eating a couple of grapes, when one really wants to have a T-bone steak. — Taylor Dinerman in Is the Great Galactic Ghoul losing his appetite?], The Space Review, September 27, 2004.
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