[extropy-chat] Beagle--uh oh

[Damien Broderick]

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Beagle keeps scientists waiting
25-Dec-03 06:29 GMT
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Summary
http://www.beagle2.com/news/index.htm

< No telemetry from Beagle 2 was received during this morning's passage of
NASA's Mars Odyssey over the Isidis Planitia landing site.


Professor Colin Pillinger, lead scientist for the Beagle 2 project,
commented that this certainly does not mean that the probe had been damaged
during its descent. There were a number of possible explanations, the most
likely being that the Beagle 2 antenna was not pointing in the direction of
Mars Odyssey.

The next opportunity to communicate with Beagle 2 will be late this evening
(between 10pm and midnight GMT) when the Jodrell Bank Observatory will
listen out for a signal from the lander. >