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Beagle 2 Failure Analyzed
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."
omfg FP!!!!!!!!!!!!! ascii art my ass.
i say the aliens did it....they always do...
I had an imaginary sig once, he said I was a loser and ran off.
Hey does anybody know why hurricanes always travel north? Just curious.
Who's Global Warming?
All you have to do is scroll down the article to the first picture of a man you see and you too will know why the mission failed... I wouldn't doubt if the tiny sum of 50 mil (UKP) might have something to do with it as well, but damn, you put Dr. Jekel in charge of sensitive equiptment and not expect Hyde to bite your ass, your really not looking at the possible problems which could come up aside form the 19 other things.
Feed my eyes...
1. Remember to shave. You simply cannot do clean room engineering with small furry animals dangling from your chops. Find beagle, find chin whiskers poking out of sensitive equipment.
You know when you've been sysadminning too long when...
For a moment there I thought you were referring to W32.Beagle.B@mm.
"No problem. I have the capacity to do infinite work so long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero."-Dilbert
Er - Leeds sold Rio in July 2002, the year after they were in the most prestigious footballing competition in the world - the Champions league! At the time, they were flying high. Granted, it was Icarus-like but that was due to later seasons not at the time...
I think it's a great example
Simon
Physicists get Hadrons!
That 30million isn't real money though because it never really leaves the football transfer system. They may as well trade in shiny beads quite frankly. Player salaries however, are different as the payment becomes the property of the player to spend, presumably, in the general economy.
That money was minted though - it came from somewhere (the rest of the economy). Let them switch to beads and give me the money!
A good example of actual fake money is "market capitalization" or "$x million in stock" (where in reality, if all those shares were dumped on the market, you couldn't find any one to buy them, most certainly not at the listed stock price). Too bad decisions about actual money are made based on phony figures like that.
SCO employee? Check out the bounty
You've been watching too much Fox News.