Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

Re:Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars by netcraft on Friday January 16, 2015 @08:53AM (#8898863)

It looks like it might be as simple as one of the solar panels not flipping out to expose the radio. Such bad luck. Really goes to show how many things on a mission like this has to go right.

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Re:Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars by gadders on Friday January 16, 2015 @08:57AM (#8898886)

Hindsight is 20/20, but maybe they should have planned for a less than perfect landing.

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Re:Lost Beagle2 probe found 'intact' on Mars by Cthulhu_ on Friday January 16, 2015 @09:31AM (#8899075)

They did actually, the thing was designed to drop on a random angle and bounce around for a while on airbags until it came to a full stop, before said airbags would deflate and it would self-right itself by opening up. Here's an image with it having landed on an uneven surface: http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.jennings1/beagle.jpg

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