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[karma sooty] 24/1/2004 22:35

You can just see haystack.

[philmiboots] 24/1/2004 22:32

First pictures from Mars.....

[gerry2] 27/12/2003 18:55

From todays Times :-

World-wide hunt for the Beagle

The search for Britain's missing Mars probe Beagle 2 has turned into a world-wide hunt. Giant radio telescopes in the UK and United States were both being turned towards Mars in the hope of picking up a signal. Scientists were also planning to recruit a third radio telescope in Australia.

[maxk] 27/12/2003 18:16

Taken from post #50..


"I think the most important thing to come out of this is that we've demonstrated the British public wants to do space science," he told BBC News Online.



Now where does he get that from?

[190763] 26/12/2003 18:49

Is there life on Mars?..... I believe David Bowie has the answer to that!

[a.fewbob] 26/12/2003 17:51

Did anyone really expect Beagle to work? We can't even build a reliable car for heavens sakes!

[energyi] 26/12/2003 11:13

Second attempt failed...
Jondrell said; "Speak! Speak!" Beagle failed to bark

[grupo guitarlumber] 26/12/2003 10:45

it is understood that there was talk of renaming Mars, the Rioja Planet
in honour of a famous economist.

i would drink to that.

Had we got those pictures, we would have seen row upon row of red grapes.

[trading blue] 26/12/2003 10:45

They should have fitted it with CYBIT tracking technology ! lol

[marwalker] 26/12/2003 10:29

I bet Mr.Blair had a nice standby speech to cash in on reflected glory if we'd got communication yesterday.

[hampster] 26/12/2003 02:46

best we don't go there again.

Hampster with a P

[hampster] 26/12/2003 02:38

And if there was it would be like....

[tatlerboy] 26/12/2003 02:20

i think Ann's dog has killed it

[gerry2] 26/12/2003 01:06

My only hope now is!
I hope they have packed enough dog food and cigarettes for the beagle ?

[energyi] 25/12/2003 23:53

Beagle has probably already been stripped down and turned
into a Dune Buggy by the plucky Martians

[d6529] 25/12/2003 23:42

I'm afraid Xena is right too,(but would like to be wrong) and what a shame for a plucky British venture, they deserved a better result!

I do hope they try again, I feel sure they have the ability to suceed.

[bilbox] 25/12/2003 23:17

Is there life on Beagle II ?

[xenawarriorprincess] 25/12/2003 23:12

Okay Mars 3 did send back a picture, but it was hardly a panorama.

The probe sent back a few lines of a facsimile picture showing a bit of ground and fuzzy horizon, and then expired after 20 seconds on the surface, probably as a result of the dust storm raging on the planet at the time.

But after that it was never heard from again.

I just hope I can trust Jerry!!!

[captain swing] 25/12/2003 22:07

My Mars sketch updated

[captain swing] 25/12/2003 21:41

Re XWP #26 -- "In all previous cases of Mars landers either the landing has been perfect or the spacecraft has never been heard of again."

Not quite. The Russian Mars 3 I believe sent back a picture from the surface, then expired



Edit: I searched but could not find the Mars 3 panorama from 1971

[gerry2] 25/12/2003 20:57

No problem !
Wakeup call in just over one Hour.
Trust me.