Found! One Lost Beagle

[murphey]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/16/world/mars-beagle-lander-found/index.html

After 12 years, UK's Beagle was found on Mars.

 

[Kiddo's Driver]

Sweet!

Stupid solar panels...

 

[LDJones]

I've had two Beagles. They have a mind of their own.

 

[Henning]

I wonder if they'll try to 'rescue' it in the future...

 

[Clark1961]

I wonder if they'll try to 'rescue' it in the future...

I'm not making that flight...maybe Ted?

 

[Henning]

I'm not making that flight...maybe Ted?

Probably be able to build an ROV for the task, but a manned mission would make the repair part easier. If I could keep heading out when I was done, I'd go.

 

[Rigged4Flight]

They'll leave it there so that the stranded astronaut can scavenge the system for parts to keep him alive.

 

[Kiddo's Driver]

It is already a technological antique.

 

[MachFly]

So did anyone find out why it crashed (or lost comms)?

 

[Clark1961]

So did anyone find out why it crashed (or lost comms)?

They said that it appeared that the solar panels didn't deploy.

 

[wanttaja]

They said that it appeared that the solar panels didn't deploy.

The one time you WANTED floppy ears on a Beagle...

Ron Wanttaja

 

[LoneAspen]

So did anyone find out why it crashed (or lost comms)?

Searching for long range comms...

Searching for long range comms...

Searching for long range comms...

Signal failure on long range comms.

 

[MachFly]

They said that it appeared that the solar panels didn't deploy.

Searching for long range comms...

Searching for long range comms...

Searching for long range comms...

Signal failure on long range comms.

Guess I missed that part of the article.