Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
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Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#2I hadn't realised Colin Pillinger had died. I've found the news oddly affecting considering I never met the guy. :(
(For anyone interested in the background to the Beagle2 probe, 'Backroom Boys'[1] includes a great chapter on it, and Prof Pillinger's involvement .)
[1]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British-...
Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#3I hadn't realised Colin Pillinger had died. I've found the news oddly affecting considering I never met the guy. :( (For anyone interested in the background to the Beagle2 probe, 'Backroom Boys'[1] includes a great chapter on it, and Prof Pillinger's involvement .) [1]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British-...
Thumbs up for that book. The section about the development of mobile telephony is great.
Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#4I hadn't realised Colin Pillinger had died. I've found the news oddly affecting considering I never met the guy. :( (For anyone interested in the background to the Beagle2 probe, 'Backroom Boys'[1] includes a great chapter on it, and Prof Pillinger's involvement .) [1]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British-...
Thumbs up for that book. The section about the development of mobile telephony is great.
The section on Elite was pretty interesting as well - I can remember being amazed playing it on an Acorn Electron in '84/'85.
Colin Pillinger seemed like a great bloke though, I really did feel sorry for him when the probe failed.
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#5This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian
Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#6This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian
Love the book. Scared about the movie. Matt Damon seems an odd cast for the role. He's not that kind of funny.
Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#7It looks like it might be as simple as one of the solar panels not flipping out to expose the radio. Such bad luck. Really goes to show how many things on a mission like this has to go right.
Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#8This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian
The final act is definitely a stretch in terms of plausibility, but it's a fun book. Recommend as well.
Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#9It looks like it might be as simple as one of the solar panels not flipping out to expose the radio. Such bad luck. Really goes to show how many things on a mission like this has to go right.
Hindsight is 20/20, but maybe they should have planned for a less than perfect landing.
Re: Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars
#10This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian
Love the book. Scared about the movie. Matt Damon seems an odd cast for the role. He's not that kind of funny.
It's Ridley Scott doing a Mars shipwreck movie. I hope the humour is at a minimum.