Discussion: Lander Beagle-2 Finally Located On Mars After Being Lost In 2003

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Hang on…let me get my huge magnifying glass. Nope. Its just schmutz on my computer screen. Oh well, bummer.

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Curious. A lander tasked with looking for life on Mars successfully lands but then suddenly goes dark? I smell something fishy.

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Marsghazi?

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The British-built Beagle-2…

Probably had a 6-volt electrical system with a positive ground.

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Oh the humanity, the humanity! The tiny being, torn from its mothers protective breast, hurled alone onto an alien world, left to make its way in cold and darkness, and crippled as well. Is there to be no justice for this lonely existence? No warmth and succor in its struggle? Is there to be no peace?

Well, no. It’s a machine. Or so we’ve been led to believe…

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That would be the Fish People of Mars’ Equatorial Band.

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Now that that is cleared up, where the hell have my reading glasses got to?

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Have you checked in the Valles Marineris?

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I’ll look. The only place I can rule out for certain is The Slice, because I haven’t been there.

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Thanks OBAMA!!!!!11!!1

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[quote=“MisterNeutron, post:5, topic:15546”]
Probably had a 6-volt electrical system with a positive ground.
[/quote] Small correction: that would be Positive Earth in the proper Queens English.

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True enough. But either way, no one understands it. :slight_smile:

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I don’t see how they know that little white dot is the Beagle. Maybe it’s because it’s more reflective than the average Martian rock.

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It’s on top of a doghouse and has a little yellow bird perched on it’s belly.

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These images are consistent with the Beagle-2 having successfully landed on Mars but then only partially deploying itself.

Yeah, been there, done that. These things happen when you’re a middle aged man.

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