Beagle-2 story on TV

[Delphine]

Thought you might be interested in these TV programmes if you can stay up that late:

The inside story of Britain's most ambitious space mission - to land on Mars and search for signs of life there - is told in Beagle 2: A Mission to Mars, a film five years in the making.

These Open University programmes for BBC TWO (11.20pm on Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3) include exclusive behind-the-scenes footage the mission. Programme one is to be shown on the date scheduled for the launch – from Baikanour in Kazakhstan – of Beagle 2 and Mars Express, the European Space Agency craft on which it will be hitching its 250million-mile ride to the Red Planet.

[Greg]

So apart from Roland Garos, I wonder what else I might seek a peek at on Monday and Tuesday night!!

Thanks Delphine.

[Mike]

Click this link - http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/ - to watch the launch of the Mars Express mission from Khazakstan live from 1745 UT tonight (2nd June 2003)

[Ian]

didn't see it live, but did see it on the news.

The update today is that telemetry has been received from Mars Express and everything appears to be good.

The next bit of excitement will probably be the blowing of the anchor bolts securing Beagle2 to Mars Express. This is due in a couple of days.

[Rick]

Yep, there were some goodbits of the launch on the news.

[Mike]

I watched it all live on the net - Pretty good coverage. Gave a lot of technical info. with animations, etc. about the mission too.

[Delphine]

I got myself organised well in advance and was watching it live on the net until 2 minutes before blast off when I was thrown out by AOL.  I couldn't get back into the web site after that because it was too busy   Luckily I was watching the news at the same time on the TV so I didn't miss it.


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[Ian]

well that's the launch clamps removed. So far so good.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2965400.stm

[Sue]

http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMXY6374OD_0.html

Have a look here!  

[Mike]

Fingers crossed that the non-communication with Beagle 2 is just a glitch and not a result of a catastrophic failure. There is still hope !! Good luck Beagle.

[Rocket Pooch]

After the number of excuses and stories I've heard the past few days I can't help but feel the Beagle was attacked by Dotty!

Sorry........

[Rick]

Very mixed reporting on this one. The Register is less rabid than the BBC. It's a pity only the recommendations ore being released. Reading between the lines, and taking other reports into account, it seems likely that the main criticism is probably aimed at the govenment for not funding things properly in the first place...

[Ian]

A report into the loss of British Mars probe Beagle 2 says a failure by the UK government to commit funds early enough undermined the project's credibility.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3972849.stm

[Rick]

I bet Tony Blair makes a joke out of it at PM's questions...

[Ian]

oh how I find his jokes funny...