• Britain's lost Beagle 2 lander has been found on the surface of Mars after 11 years
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Would there be a reason to send curiosity to find it even if it could get there fast enough? According to the article "nothing can be done to bring the Beagle probe back to life".
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;46951785]Curiosity's top speed is 0.09 mph so I don't think it'll be helping Beagle any time soon. If it really is 2500 km away it will take over 2 years to get there. I'm surprised they don't have a zippier rover but Mars rocks are apparently quite sharp compared to Earth rocks and ruin wheels easily even at 0.09 mph.[/QUOTE] Due to communication delays and the thing being extremely expensive, they want to take things calmly. Would be stupid if it got stuck or worse.
[QUOTE=paul simon;46952148]Due to communication delays and the thing being extremely expensive, they want to take things calmly. Would be stupid if it got stuck or worse.[/QUOTE] didn't like another rover get stuck or something?
[QUOTE=eirexe;46952193]didn't like another rover get stuck or something?[/QUOTE] Yeah, the Spirit rover: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)[/url]
[QUOTE=Jsm;46950385]You have to ask why they put the radio gear under the solar panels, if it had been on the outside they could have least tried to open the other two panels again.[/QUOTE] If I remember correctly, the whole thing was essentially an impact resistant sphere. They had no clue in what orientation it would stop, so the whole thing had to unfurl. The radio gear wasn't under, it was inside. It probably couldn't unfurl and get enough power.
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