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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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