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Beagle 2 Search Ended
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"Ricardo" wrote
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sc...00/3483885.stm Well, congrats to everyone who contributed hardware, software, firmware, and funds to it. Pillinger is not the figurehead who deserves all the recognition; everone who was involved deserves recognition. I hope we embark on another attempt soon. The Americans failed a lot too; there's no real shame in this. Keep going, I say! Martin -- M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890 Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk |
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"Fleetie" wrote in message ... "Ricardo" wrote http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sc...00/3483885.stm Well, congrats to everyone who contributed hardware, software, firmware, and funds to it. Pillinger is not the figurehead who deserves all the recognition; everone who was involved deserves recognition. I hope we embark on another attempt soon. The Americans failed a lot too; there's no real shame in this. Keep going, I say! Martin -- M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890 Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk Agreed. But if there is another Beagle, they need to remember that getting live data during the landing process is vital. Even if the lander crashes, understanding why is a valuable lesson. Even if it means dropping some of the science. Martin |
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I think the problem may have been the landing site itself. Have you seen
the images of the ellipse Beagle 2 was supposed to come down in? There are hundreds of objects you really really wouldn't want to hit when you landed. |
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I think the problem may have been the landing site itself. Have you seen
the images of the ellipse Beagle 2 was supposed to come down in? There are hundreds of objects you really really wouldn't want to hit when you landed. That's true of almost all landing ellipse. The beagle 2 landing site is actually a very safe site. You won't find many ellipses that big that don't have craters and hills. As for NASA, they have a pretty good landing record. They are now 5/6. Successes = Viking 1, Viking 2, Pathfinder, Spirit, and Opportunity. Failures = Polar Lander Nasa is planning at least 3 more missions for the remainder of this decade and probably 2 missions every two years next decade. I want to see ESA succeed at landing, but there are no missions currently being worked on, just visions of the far future. They need to send more missions more often. |
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