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Here's a failure scenario analysis. Odds of being contacted successfully?
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Here's a failure scenario analysis. Would anyone care to speculate on the odds of Beagle 2's eventually being contacted successfully?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/12/24/mars.beagle/index.html

Professor Colin Pillinger told a press conference Thursday morning the lack of signal does not necessarily mean failure and offered five possible scenarios:

• The spacecraft landed in the wrong place

• The craft's transmitting antenna landed disoriented and cannot fully open

• There is a communications mis-match between NASA's orbiting Mars Global Surveyor and Beagle 2

• A failure during entry descent damaged the spacecraft

Scientists will try again to hail the probe Friday 18:00 GMT, the next best window of opportunity.

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