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Beagle 2 Failure Analyzed

Posted by michael on from the back-seat-drivers dept.

InsomniaCity writes "An inquiry into the loss of the Beagle 2 Mars probe in December will criticize the management of the project and the testing of the lander, says the BBC. Following the loss, the European Space Agency (Esa) and the British National Space Centre established a Commission of Inquiry, that are now recommending 19 things we need to remember for the future, from project management and fund raising, to high altitude testing of the parachute system. The commission, however, did not pinpoint any particular technical failure."

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  1. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    For once, they didn't blame George Bush and/or Global Warming.

    I'm shocked.

  2. Thing To Remember #1: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    1) British engineering sucks. People who build fighter planes out of wood are not the kind of people you want building spacecraft kthx bye.

  3. It's British, Right? by pnatural · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If the poor thing was built or designed in England, I'd bet my house that the problem is a leak of some sort.

    Cars, baby bottles, hell, even programming libraries from England leak!

  4. Uhhh! by NetNinja · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They used American units of measurement instead of metric ones?

  5. Typical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What do you expect from Europe, something done right?

  6. Gross Negligence by blair1q · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    These errors and management lapses are unconscionable.

    The European aerospace industry is still 40 years behind America's.