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"I think I would have landed it on a higher elevation."

1 posted on 12/29/2003 8:48:31 AM PST by The G Man
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"I think I would have landed it on a higher elevation."

I think it is FUBAR!

2 posted on 12/29/2003 8:52:38 AM PST by China Clipper
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Funny how Mars missions always seem to find incredibly unlucky situations.
3 posted on 12/29/2003 8:53:44 AM PST by KellyAdmirer
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While they cannot make out the ship itself, the image shows a 1 km (0.62 mile) wide crater at the center of the 70 by 10 km (43.5 by 6 mile) target area

Maybe it is a very new crater - formed at 8:47 PM Christmas day.

4 posted on 12/29/2003 8:54:50 AM PST by ctonious
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Isn't it possible that Beagle made that crater when it crashed into the planet?
5 posted on 12/29/2003 8:55:18 AM PST by Rubasoo
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Maybe you should have put higher in "" as in "higher"?


6 posted on 12/29/2003 8:56:10 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (I may have been born, poor white trash, but Fancy is my name.)
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and maybe it's not talking because it has nothing to say.....
7 posted on 12/29/2003 8:57:25 AM PST by ken5050
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It's a shame about the beagle...

but on the up-side

ONLY 5 DAYS untill the first of two NASA mars rovers lands!

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/merlandings.pdf
9 posted on 12/29/2003 8:58:41 AM PST by apillar
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"I think I would have landed it on a higher elevation."

Unless, of course, your vehicle was the cause of the crater.

10 posted on 12/29/2003 8:58:51 AM PST by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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Chief Beagle scientist Colin Pillinger said at a news conference that the team had received a new, detailed picture of the area where they believe the Beagle landed.

You have to think they should have looked at that picture BEFORE the landing...

I wish I had a title like "Chief Beagle scientist."

12 posted on 12/29/2003 9:01:29 AM PST by TN4Liberty (Tag----------------- <==line)
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Beagle ping...
14 posted on 12/29/2003 9:02:30 AM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (... on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth.)
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They'll come up with any "explanation" that doesn't actually involve taking reponsibility. Next excuse: the dog ate my orbital elements.
15 posted on 12/29/2003 9:02:44 AM PST by Moonman62
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LOL, perfect.
18 posted on 12/29/2003 9:04:45 AM PST by PfromHoGro (Go Packers! They did- super.)
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I love those commercials...
19 posted on 12/29/2003 9:05:17 AM PST by NittanyLion
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21 posted on 12/29/2003 9:08:27 AM PST by Jonah Hex (Free Republic - the Truth Shall Make You Fret)
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All your Beagle 2 Mars probe are belong to us.

24 posted on 12/29/2003 9:09:23 AM PST by new cruelty
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It's probably off chasing a Martian rabbit. It'll be home around dinner time...
25 posted on 12/29/2003 9:10:28 AM PST by Tallguy (I can't think of anything to say -- John Entwistle in "The Kids are Alright")
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The little green men ate it for lunch! "Mmmmm....tasty!"
26 posted on 12/29/2003 9:10:30 AM PST by Ciexyz
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It's in the Martian Museum for Alien Space Probes... The museum has the most rapidly growing collection of these probes on Mars.
27 posted on 12/29/2003 9:11:13 AM PST by abner (In search of a witty tag line... found it! http://www.intelmemo.com < go there or be square!)
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28 posted on 12/29/2003 9:11:15 AM PST by The G Man (Wesley Clark is just Howard Dean in combat boots)
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How many chunks of hardware does that make that we've dumped on Mars? Works fine until it gets there, then, nothing! It is clear to me that the Martians don't want to talk to us.
30 posted on 12/29/2003 9:14:01 AM PST by Tacis
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