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January 16th 15, 06:50 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Martin Brown
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UK Beagle space probe ruined because it used unwiedly solar panels
On 16/01/2015 18:18,
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On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 11:54:28 AM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
Sigh. A problem easily avoided by using a small, portable nuclear power supply.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/16/world/...und/index.html
It was all done on a shoestring budget. That it soft landed without
being smashed to smithereens was a serious achievement. It is a shame
that Prof Pillinger didn't live to see that it had arrived on Mars.
Shame the panels didn't deploy correctly but it came very close.
Why do the British drink warm beer?
Because unlike US beer it isn't necessary to serve it frozen to mask the
taste. US Hershey vomit flavoured chocolate is similarly disgusting.
Cadbury owned by a US conglomerate Kraft has downgraded from acceptable
to the bare minimum crap that can legally still be called chocolate.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...gg-recipe.html
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