Beagle 2 status 3

To be entirely accurate, Beagle 2 was not really an ESA project. It is (was?) British and done on a shoestring budget. ESA cooperated in providing a ride to get it there, and in minimum integration. But it was a British job all the way.

Brett

My guess its fallen down a crack. Or been abducted by aliens..

CANCER MAN got it! ; )

No matter what happened I hope they try again.

Randy

Some important things to consider, re. the Beagle 2 lander contact issue.

So far, the only attempts to listen for signals from the lander have been with the big dish at Jodrell Bank, and via NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.

Neither of these are the primary method of contact with the lander, and it's possible that (1) Jodrell Bank's receiver is simply missing the signal because it's too faint, and (2) the data link via Mars Odyssey isn't getting established properly. From what I've heard, this was not tested as thoroughly since it was considered a "fallback" comm link and not the primary.

The primary communications channel to the Beagle 2, is via the Mars Express orbiter which the Beagle 2 detached from, several days prior to landing. The M.E. orbiter entered Mars orbit successfully and is healthy. The first window of opportunity for the Beagle to establish communications through the M.E. orbiter will be on January 4.

So, there is still plenty of reason to remain hopeful.

What REALLY happened to Beagle 2???

yes I am still hopeful too...it may take a week or two to grab the signal if beagle is okay.... shockie B)

Most likely it's been shot down by weapons of mass destruction.

But still, if ESA provided the ride then the British didn't the job all the way, only the job once there. Well, should've.

There's many countries that contributed to the spacecraft itself, from tiny input such as on-board science experiments up to the ion drive.

Brett Buck ha scritto:

Thus I bet they kept using damn inches instead of metric system! Now we know why Beagle2 is lost :-)

From what I heard, the Martians got hold of it, installed Genoah engine on it, and are doing torque rolls up and down the canals...

That's about as accurate as some of the other made-up crap on rmr like from Triano, for example.

Jerry

We clearly need to order more decals from you so that your free time is more limited.

Man, I hope Lucas relays aren't at the heart of the issue...

OT, but WTH - at least it's not flamebait...

Hi

For full details of why attempts to contact Beagle2 may have been unsuccessful, the official Beagle2 "Communication Strategy" web page is

Regards

KGB

That this was the only comm link actually ever tested is sort of odd... Surely, as a minimum, communications compatibility with the other sources was at least simulated?!?!?!?! Hope the Beagle didn't get spoofed...

Andy

Andy Eng wrote: =

No money, and no access. I'm sure they just used the specs for Observer and hoped.

Brett

"It's dead, Jim"

"It's not dead, it's resting."

Zooty