[FPSPACE] Beagle 2 Internal Inquiry Report to be Released

Paolo Ulivi paolo.ulivi at tiscali.it
Tue Aug 24 09:22:11 EDT 2004


DwayneDay wrote:

> Anybody want to guess that the Beagle 2 internal investigation somehow 
> fails to blame the team itself for the failure?
>  
> So it looks like what we are going to get is a public report by the 
> people who built Beagle 2, and an essentially private report by an 
> independent investigation team.  This is not exactly the best way to 
> fix problems.


You are absolutely right. And of course (after a very quick look) it 
seems to me that the investigation blames the unexpected rarefaction of 
the Martian atmosphere for the loss, as if the marginal design of the 
Beagle entry and landing system was not to blame in this case!
Paolo



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