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To: Sax

Yes, the British probe was Beagle; it was a straight lander, had no movement capability once on Mars. As space probes go based on the small number of people that built it, its small sizeand the tiny budget, it basically almost was an amateur project. I was disappointed by the gloating over its failure; it really wasn't comparable in any way to the Mars Rovers.


52 posted on 08/09/2005 2:00:37 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist
Yep, 'European' is a hot-button word, especially around these parts - I'm sure that there were plenty of ugly comments slung their way. If it was purely a British venture it surely wouldn't have drawn as much criticism.
67 posted on 08/09/2005 2:21:35 PM PDT by Sax
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