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Holding On To Hope For Beagle 2

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-they-just-don't-want-to-see-us dept.

slasher999 writes "Scientists are still keeping their hopes up that they will be able to revive Beagle via the Mars Express mothership on 4 January. On that date the ship will be in the correct orbit and may then be able to revive the lander. Current theroies as to what may have gone wrong include the possibility that the landers on-board clock is incorrect and that the lander has been transmitting at incorrect times. Funny, I thought I heard that as of yesterday the batteries on the lander would have been depleted unless the lander had received an order to recharge its batteries."

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  1. the truth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i ate it

    quite tasty

    -- your friendly ET

  2. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God damn, I feel lame

    1. Re:First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You should go skiing. Then if you mess up and end up feeling lame for a different reason, everybody will feel sorry for you as soon as they see the cast. You could then troll by going to crowded stairways and clogging them in vain attempts to climb using crutches.

  3. FIFTH POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuckers

  4. The porn excuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In fact, the lander discovered the first actual pictures of Natalie Portman in hot grits, and it's been so occupied with them that it has completely forgotten about communicating with Earth.

  5. So funny, so ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tiresome. I'm so tired of reading the lame humour. Do all geeks think they are funny? I have news for you - your not.

    In soviet russia..blah blah blah

    blah blah chances of finding beagle alive..pricless blah fuckin blah ..blah blah beowulf cluster of those

    I really wish there was a filter to get rid of the supposedly funny posts, it *really* pisses me off

    1. Re:So funny, so ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I really wish there was a filter to get rid of the supposedly funny posts

      uhhhhhhh

    2. Re:So funny, so ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Please write to your congressperson immediately to inform them of this important issue!