[extropy-chat] Beagle--uh oh

[Brett Paatsch]

Damien Broderick wrote:

> Beagle keeps scientists waiting
> 25-Dec-03 06:29 GMT
>  ...................................................
> 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.
..
> 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. >

A little suspense may help justisfy the sound-bite. 

"The Beagle has landed!"  or  "Beagle lands badly", sadly. 

Brett