"Farewell, Beagle 2"
"OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
in message ...
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 02:48:27 GMT, "G.Beat"
wrote:
I met Dr. Sims (next seat) on a transatlantic flight this September -
best 9 hour plan flight that I have ever had !
...You. Lucky. *******.
OM
That is exactly what I thought - the dead giveaway was 30 minutes into the
flight the
pulled out his laptop - and brought up notes from the space conference in
New Mexico
he had just attended (and changed planes in Chicago).
Of course, I was reading Tom Clancy's latest novel, "The Teeth of the
Tiger" - which I put down.
An interesting way to spend Christmas ... at Beagle 2 Mission Control
(finding out if you received presents or a lump of coal)
gb
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