What do you think happened to Beagle?

So....what do you think really happened to Beagle as it tried to land?

Didnt the Spirit rover come down within a few miles of the centre of the
target ellipse?, if the same happened with beagle wouldnt that have put it
in the area of that large crater and surrounding debris?

Just a guess though........

"Elysium Fossa" wrote in message
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So....what do you think really happened to Beagle as it tried to land?

Didnt the Spirit rover come down within a few miles of the centre of the
target ellipse?, if the same happened with beagle wouldnt that have put
it
in the area of that large crater and surrounding debris?

Just a guess though........



Can't really say. I must admit I'm not a big fan of the bouncing bomb
approach, but Spirit landed OK. We'll see how the second lander (or should
that be bouncer?) gets on.

Martin

"Elysium Fossa" wrote in message
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So....what do you think really happened to Beagle as it tried to land?

Didnt the Spirit rover come down within a few miles of the centre of the
target ellipse?, if the same happened with beagle wouldnt that have put
it
in the area of that large crater and surrounding debris?

Just a guess though........

My best guess would be that the airbags failed. Apparently they didn't have
much time to test them in the final configuration.

- Michael

In article , Elysium
Fossa writes
Didnt the Spirit rover come down within a few miles of the centre of the
target ellipse?, if the same happened with beagle wouldnt that have put it
in the area of that large crater and surrounding debris?

The latest predictions show that wasn't the case and the large craters
were in fact on the edge of the landing ellipse. see the media briefing
for 7th January 2004.

http://www.beagle2.com/resources/video-album.htm

--
David Entwistle

"steven" wrote in message ...
If you watched the BBC documentory on the project, everything was very
rushed and I got the impression that things like the airbags where not
tested properly.

I did get that impression too, whether that really was the case or whether
it was the result of the way the documentary was put together im not sure.
They certainly seemed to have problems with them. Also, during the tests, I
noticed that when the airbags were released from the lander thay seemed to
remain on top of it.