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Beagle 3 Plans Revealed

Posted by timothy on from the this-time-it-must-bark dept.

Richard W.M. Jones writes "While the UK's Beagle 2 may have been a well-publicised failure, the same team claims to have learned lessons and are now developing plans for Beagle 3. The new probe might be attached to a European mission due to launch in 2009 as part of Europe's Aurora project."

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  1. What really happened to Beagle 2 by tlon · · Score: 5, Funny

    And in related news today, Symantec Corporation announced that it has developed innoculation files for the W32.Beagle.3@mm virus. Symantec officials commented that there is no apparent link between Beagle.2 and the crash of the Beagle lander, but it is not taking any chances.

  2. British engineering by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 4, Funny

    the same team claims to have learned lessons

    Translation: They're going to paint it flourescent green so they can tell where it crashed.

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    Blearf. Blearf, I say.
  3. Beagle #2,019,197,204,183,110 has the answer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mars's composition is mainly... Beagle material.

  4. Re:Plan for success by BabyDave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Step 5: Realise that you attached the antenna the wrong way around ... oh wait, that's NASA :)

  5. Plan details involve... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...sending a lander to intercept one of the mars rovers, breaking off the NASA antennas, installing a proper British antenna, and placing a Beagle 3 plaque on it.

  6. Things we learned: by sxltrex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't hit the ground so hard.