Beagle 2

I’m so glad for the family of Colin Pillinger that they were able to confirm that his beloved Beagle 2 did in fact land on Mars, and just about on target too! Pity Colin didn’t live to hear the good news.

Re: Beagle 2

A marvellous achievement even if not 100% successful. As you say, it's a pity Colin didn't know about it.

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I presume they meant land as in ‘a meteorite has landed'.

Britain became the third nation to put junk on Mars and it only cost 75mil pounds. Brilliant let's do it again. I think it could be described as 0% successful.

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Me too Jem it is good news they have located Beagle ...

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As soon as we heard they had called it beagle we laughed..

We said 'its its anything like a real beagle it will naff off and not come back'

Im glad theyve found it.

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Listening to one of the team on the radio last night I think they were right and it's an exciting project, just hope we can carry on and go further. Yes it costs money but in the case of space it is money well spent IMO

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If mankind didn't have an enquiring mind and a sense of adventure we'd all still be living in caves somewhere in Africa.

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Very true Alan but it is probably best left to those who can afford to do it successfully. It's always best to stick to what you are good at.

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There's a lot to be said for that.