Elton Yes It is certainly an international effort, (US included), the European space Agency was heavily involved, but credit where credit is due, for one man (Prof Colin Pillinger) had the vision, to get the project off the gound, and brought together the relevant people and technologies to get it done, not easy without a Nasa of our own!
Go Beagle go! Mark -----Original Message----- From: E. L. Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 December 2003 15:58 To: mark ford Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Christmas Day Mars Landing (Beagle 2) Yes you should be proud Mark But a fiver will get you a tener that 99/100^th of NASA's technology is involved at one stage or another ( stage? get it?) It is a Great Christmas Gift to us all. God Speed Beagle2! Elton mark ford wrote: > I think us Brits should be proud of Beagle2 ! - Even if it was > designed on a shoe string, and looks like a cheap lunchbox, Just think > what we could do with 1/100^th of NASA's budget!! (A lot more than > NASA I suspect, geez does that organization waste money or what) > > Of course it will probably crash and burn. But hey, we got it to Mars!! > > Makes ya kind of warm inside dunnit!... > > J > > Mark F. > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this email may be commercially sensitive and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not a named recipient, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. You must not disclose it to any other person, copy or distribute it or use it for any purpose. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
