Beagle Mars mission spoiled by âamateurismâ
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THE failure of the Beagle 2 space mission to Mars has been blamed on the lack of government funding and an &quot;amateurish&quot; gentleman&#39;s agreement that allowed a key backer to pull out of the project.
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A board investigating the crash of NASA&#39;s Genesis spacecraft has found the design for a key system was drawn backward. The result: improper orientation of switches that were supposed to detect its entry into
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The quest to find traces of life on Mars looks gloomy after Nasa says the Red Planet was 'too salty'.
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The launch of a Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the Northern Lights is delayed due to high winds.
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NASA should launch a shuttle mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope because its plan to use a robot to repair the instrument is unlikely to work, a panel of experts convened by the National Research Council recommended yesterday.
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Scientists behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars unveiled designs yesterday for a successor to the British spacecraft. Plans for the so-called Beagle 3 came to light as scientists outlined
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An investigating board says the capsule was doomed by faulty engineering drawings that were done backward. The drawings led to incorrect placement of switches that were supposed to detect Genesis' re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
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Britain&#39;s ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars failed partly because a lack of government funds left the project as an &quot;amateurish gentlemen&#39;s agreement&quot;, a committee of MPs says in a report today.
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Since September 8th and 9th, the twin Mars rovers have been taking a well-deserved break, while the Sun-Earth line clears again for communication directly to Mars. While this conjunction may temporarily halt their wheels in the sand, other science tasks have kicked off under autonomous control.
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The British team that built the space probe for Europe&#39;s doomed mission to Mars conceded Tuesday that any future ventures to the Red Planet should have better
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Will NASA hire Dear Abby as a consultant in the revision of its procedures regarding interoffice romance now that one of its shuttle jockeys has seemingly gone astronuts? Let's hope not. Capt.
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WASHINGTON--Dogged by rumors that Ares I rocket would not be able to lift the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle if the booster was built as currently envisioned, NASA's Constellation program manager has shot back at unnamed critics in an e-mail missive he said he wrote to set the record straight.
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Scientists are baffled by a mysterious power boost to one of its two robotic rovers on Mars.
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As NASA (news - web sites)&#39;s Mars rovers keep rolling past all expectations of their useful lives, scientists have a happy mystery: For some reason one
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The team behind the Beagle 2 mission has unveiled its design for a successor to the British Mars lander.
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Green lights lunar mission study "It'll be like Steve Fossett all over again, only worse," said one embittered Reg hack on hearing the news that NASA has decided to send Beagle to the moon.â¦
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By Sara Faiwell  sfaiwell@@dailyherald.com  What do you get when you cross a baby monitor and a science teacher?  Apparently, live feeds off a NASA space mission.