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Beagle 2: Mars Landing On A Shoestring

Posted by timothy on from the there's-dirt-on-your-shoestring dept.

dr3vil writes "A great article in The Guardian about the development of Beagle 2, the Mars lander due to start the search for life on Mars on Christmas day. Some great stories about the struggle for funding, and technical details about using a coat handler antenna and a dentist's tool for grinding rock samples. Obviously this was a great project for the hackers."

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  1. really sad... by LMCBoy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can't believe the lead scientist had to take out a loan against potential future corporate sponsorship to pay for this amazing project. Come on, UK, it's only 25m pounds! I hope they'll at least bail him out if the advertising revenue never materializes.

    Or better yet, I hope he gets stinking rich from it! :)

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