Beagle ... alas

Reports coming in saying it's not responding, that NASA craft are
hearing nothing.

The party's not over yet - there's another window of opportunity coming
up in a few hours, but the fact it's not responding when expected
doesn't bode well.

*sigh*


David
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David Sander wrote:

Reports coming in saying it's not responding, that NASA craft are
hearing nothing.

The party's not over yet - there's another window of opportunity coming
up in a few hours, but the fact it's not responding when expected
doesn't bode well.

*sigh*

Jeez. Just a few hours, and the probe has already surrendered.

How much of it was made in France?



And how long before its loss is blamed on George Bush?

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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:31:25 GMT, Scott Lowther
wrote:

Jeez. Just a few hours, and the probe has already surrendered.

How much of it was made in France?

....The only thing I can say about this apparent failure is that I
honestly hope this is a hard slap in the face to Europe as a whole to
wake them up to the fact that "Faster/Better/Cheaper" does not work,
and they need to quit being ****ing cheap and SPEND WHAT'S REQUIRED!

I was *really* hoping Beagle 2 would make it. I really, really was.

OM

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"David Sander" wrote in message
...
Reports coming in saying it's not responding, that NASA craft are
hearing nothing.

The party's not over yet - there's another window of opportunity coming
up in a few hours, but the fact it's not responding when expected
doesn't bode well.

*sigh*

... read somewhere that Martian sandstorms could be dense enough to block
the solar panel arrays.
So Beagle could be off to a slow start. *fingers-crossed!!*

"David Sander" wrote in message
...
Reports coming in saying it's not responding, that NASA craft are
hearing nothing.

The party's not over yet - there's another window of opportunity coming
up in a few hours, but the fact it's not responding when expected
doesn't bode well.

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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:31:25 GMT, Scott Lowther
wrote:

Jeez. Just a few hours, and the probe has already surrendered.

How much of it was made in France?

...The only thing I can say about this apparent failure is that I
honestly hope this is a hard slap in the face to Europe as a whole to
wake them up to the fact that "Faster/Better/Cheaper" does not work,
and they need to quit being ****ing cheap and SPEND WHAT'S REQUIRED!

More likely the lesson learned will be: "Well, that just goes to show that
it's too expensive to do now. We'll try again much later, when we're not in
office and can't be blamed."
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correct me if i am wrong (i am using only memory here) but every lander that
has made it made first contact exactly on time, correct?

so if this oversized pocket watch (how quaintly british!) makes contact
later, would it not be the first time a lander that went missing for any
period of time turned out to be OK

ESA should get kudo's for its orbiter at any rate

Scott Lowther :

Jeez. Just a few hours, and the probe has already surrendered.

How much of it was made in France?

This is a London Open University project. France don't invest in sciences, only
in cheese making.

Yvan Bozzonetti.

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Scott Lowther :

Jeez. Just a few hours, and the probe has already surrendered.

This is a London Open University project.

Just "The Open University", it's based in Milton Keynes. A couple of
other Universities are involved in the instruments, the British
government provided 5 million directly and more via indirect funding
through the research grants bodies.

Anthony

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In article , bob wrote:
correct me if i am wrong (i am using only memory here) but every lander that
has made it made first contact exactly on time, correct?

so if this oversized pocket watch (how quaintly british!) makes contact
later, would it not be the first time a lander that went missing for any
period of time turned out to be OK

Every prior lander was capable of contacting home itself; Beagle pretty
much has to wait until a relay sat can see it. If the landing site is
off from the predicted ellipse, which is quite possible, Odyssey may
simply not have found it.

(Alternately, it's apparently possible for the lander to take too long
to open, and not be ready for transmission in the first few hours)

We'll see if Jodrell can find a carrier signal tonight.

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