[meteorite-list] Beagle Keeps Scientists Waiting

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:03 2004
Message-ID: <200312250733.XAA25121_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.beagle2.com/news/index.htm

Beagle keeps scientists waiting
25-Dec-03 06:29 GMT

Summary

No telemetry from Beagle 2 was received during this morning's passage of
NASA's Mars Odyssey over the Isidis Planitia landing site.
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Full story

Professor Colin Pillinger, lead scientist for the Beagle 2 project,
commented that this certainly does not mean that the probe had been
damaged during its descent. There were a number of possible explanations,
the most likely being that the Beagle 2 antenna was not pointing in the
direction of Mars Odyssey.

The next opportunity to communicate with Beagle 2 will be late this evening
(between 10pm and midnight GMT) when the Jodrell Bank Observatory will
listen out for a signal from the lander.
Received on Thu 25 Dec 2003 02:33:01 AM PST