On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:25:06 -1000, "Alex R. Blackwell"
wrote, in part:

Beagle 2: A Fortunate Failure
by Jeffrey F. Bell
Honolulu - January 13, 2004
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/beagle2-04a.html

Fortunately, the article is totally satirical.

But I'm wondering if there won't be people concluding that Beagle 2
failed, and Spirit succeeded, because George Bush is a God-fearing
President, and Beagle 2 was named after the ship that carried *Charles
Darwin* to Galapagos and other places where he came up with his theory
of (gasp) Evolution!

Yes, the failure of Beagle 2 proves the existence of God!

Now *that* is an unfortunate aspect of the failure of Beagle 2.

John Savard
http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/index.html