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Colin Pilinger to head inquiry into what went wrong with Beagle...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=485142 Wow, I'm sure that'll be a real serious investigation, headed up by the Beagle project director. "We have found that the fault was not with the lander, but with NASA!" The only bigger joke in this article is the assertion that Britain will ever build a Beagle II... Tom Merkle |
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Colin Pilinger to head inquiry into what went wrong with Beagle...
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:01:15 -1000, Tom Merkle
wrote: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=485142 Wow, I'm sure that'll be a real serious investigation, headed up by the Beagle project director. Well, he did know it better than anyone else, where you have to ask who else could do it? "We have found that the fault was not with the lander, but with NASA!" I don't think... Unless NASA has been sending Beagle II viruses through MGS and Odyssey, then all that NASA done was check over the Beagle II design and give it their thumbs up. The only bigger joke in this article is the assertion that Britain will ever build a Beagle II... Beagle III. Coming to a planet near you soon. Cardman http://www.cardman.com http://www.cardman.co.uk |
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Colin Pilinger to head inquiry into what went wrong with Beagle...
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:01:15 -1000, Tom Merkle
wrote: Wow, I'm sure that'll be a real serious investigation, headed up by the Beagle project director. "We have found that the fault was not with the lander, but with NASA!" No, no, -- they'll blame George Bush, not NASA. The only bigger joke in this article is the assertion that Britain will ever build a Beagle II... Well, if Britain wants to be a space faring power in its own right instead of just a cog in the ESA machine, they'd damn well better plan a whole pack of Beagles. Writing it off over afternoon tea is not the way to go. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Colin Pilinger to head inquiry into what went wrong with Beagle...
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:23:36 -0500, Michael Gallagher
wrote: Well, if Britain wants to be a space faring power in its own right instead of just a cog in the ESA machine, No chance, when apart from the one brief government funded rocket project, then they have faced the fact that we are not having out own space program any time soon. they'd damn well better plan a whole pack of Beagles. That is a different factor. Although the UK has been terrible at funding rocket development and support, unlike our EU neighbours, we have been excellent in funding the probe technology that rides upon those same rockets. Huygens, Beagle II and a lot of former work with NASA I recall. Writing it off over afternoon tea is not the way to go. The UK just likes to get the best value for our space funding, when there is not much science return in paying to launch rockets. If the UK has better experts concerning space probes than the other EU counties is hard to say, but we sure have better experience. Cardman http://www.cardman.com http://www.cardman.co.uk |
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Colin Pilinger to head inquiry into what went wrong with Beagle...
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:13:56 +0000, Cardman
wrote: .... unlike our EU neighbours, we have been excellent in funding the probe technology that rides upon those same rockets ..... Good. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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