Great Galactic Ghoul

English Proper noun great galactic ghoul 1 en humorous A notional space monster invoked to explain the high failure rate of probes sent to Mars. en Galactic Ghoul en September 27 2004 Taylor Dinerman Is the Great Galactic Ghoul losing his appetite? http://www.thespacereview.com/article/232/1 The Space Review Considering the billions of dollars worth of spacecraft that the Great Galactic Ghoul has eaten in the past, the UK’s Beagle 2, at about $70 million, must have seemed like an insignificant little morsel—like eating a couple of grapes, when one really wants to have a T-bone steak. https://web.archive.org/web/20260222021111/https://www.thespacereview.com/article/232/1 22 February 2026