In article ,
lid says...
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.

So you're saying that this is also the reasons that the
godless commies never had a successful mission to the RED
planet?

Was there someone on the MPL project who, perhaps, had
doubts about the existence of divine beings?

You're saying that in fact, God is actually the Great Martian
Ghoul?

Diane, stunned