Wreckage Of Beagle 2 Found? |
Wreckage Of Beagle 2 Found? |
Dec 20 2005, 01:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
Wreckage of Beagle found scattered in Mars crater
Talk about being unlucky assuming this is confirmed. |
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Dec 20 2005, 03:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
I didn't see one on the page linked by imram but the BBC has a picture.
I hope they have a 'before' shot, else I'm going to be more than a little skeptical. James -------------------- |
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Dec 20 2005, 05:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 20 2005, 03:00 AM) I didn't see one on the page linked by imram but the BBC has a picture. I hope they have a 'before' shot, else I'm going to be more than a little skeptical. James The BBC image show exactly the same feature linked in ermar post, but negative/contrast-enhanced version. Below I made a resume poster of identification... If identification is correct, there is a commonality between Opportunity and Beagle: both landed inside craters of similar sizes...! Howewer, looking to the high-res crater images, I'm very skeptical too. A promising elevated structure visible in original 1.5 m/pixel MOC view (lower inset) seems not visible in the cPROTO obtained in April 2004 (upper inset), obtained under similar illumination condition; the presumed "airbag" feature in the crater center doesn't convince me... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Dec 20 2005, 08:33 AM
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QUOTE (dilo @ Dec 20 2005, 05:15 AM) If identification is correct, there is a commonality between Opportunity and Beagle: both landed inside craters of similar sizes...! Well - to be fair, Oppy didnt land in a crater, it rolled into one I just saw CP on BBC Breakfast News, and he was fairly cautious that Unless B2 broke up high in the atmosphere and burnt up, there should be SOMETHING on the ground. A new impact crater, or a parachute, or a parachute and some airbags etc etc depending on how far the whole thing got. Given how easily the MER chutes were spotted - SOMETHING should be visible, and this is as good a candidate as anything, so it gives a specific target for HIRISE, and given the HIRISE data flow, I'm going to be hooked on the data when it arrives Doug |
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