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

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