No Mars signal from Beagle probe

BBC On Line ^ | Thursday, 25 December, 2003 | staff writer

[avg_freeper]

Prof. Pillinger is definitely going for that hip new Asimov look.

[cmsgop]

WOW! Look at those Lamb Chops!

[somemoreequalthanothers]

There might be a justifiable uproar if this trip is a failure.

[Analyzing Inconsistencies]

Related thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1046570/posts

Did Astrium, an ESA-anointed monopolistic contractor, actually WANT its lean-budgeted Beagle 2 Mars mission to fail in order to secure greater funding for subsequent interplanetary missions funded by increasingly stimulated European taxpayers?

[Squantos]

I am one who loves adventure and like to see new things discovered an such but fiascos such as this are such a friggin waste of money, time and effort IMO. But then it's "their" money, time and effort .......... but it's still my opinion.

Merry Xmas......!

[Quix]

We are not surprised.

We are not amused.

[Revolting cat!]

"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything!"

[Revolting cat!]

"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything!"

[Revolting cat!]

I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything!

[gorush]

It's been a bad week for Brit dogs...

[Husker24]

That guy looks like hes from that cult that cut thier weeners off and waited for the mother ship to pick them up, I thought they all commited suicide a few years ago.........lol

[baclava]

"Good morning, Dr. Chandra. I am ready for my first lesson today"

"There is a message for you"

[Analyzing Inconsistencies]

So much could begin to be possible if only we could get beyond the monopolistic corruption that still pervades our space programs: Related thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1046570/posts Did Astrium, an ESA-anointed monopolistic contractor, actually WANT its lean-budgeted Beagle 2 Mars mission to fail in order to secure greater funding for subsequent interplanetary missions funded by increasingly stimulated European taxpayers?

[Momaw Nadon]

[Orangedog]

WOW! Look at those Lamb Chops!

He's certainly got the whole Captain Kangaroo thing going on, big time!

[the invisib1e hand]

I thought I heard that the Beagle indicated the presence of quail, though.

[Arkie2]

I've often wondered what happened to Dan. Can you spell pertater?

[Search4Truth]

Lead scientist Professor Colin Pillinger insisted that "it's not the end of the world".

Well I'm certainly glad to hear that. :)

An eternal optimist.

[TalBlack]

I suspect that we will be seeing more and more of these failures in high-tech. Political concerns drive the makeup of the teams rather than merit and excellence.

It wouldn't seem to make sense this long after the first moonshot that NASA would have trouble doing it again, but I suspect that they WOULD have trouble replicating the Apollo Shots--could be I'm just getting old and cynical.

To be sure I sometimes wonder where America got the nerve to MAKE the moonshot in the first place. Under ANY circumstances its biting off a lot!