Maybe You Just Get What You Paid For
Remember all your bragging about how cheap this mission was compared to NASA's? Remember how you hand waived away all the criticism from people like Gary who thaught the engineering and testing was slipshod? What do you think people do to get the lowest cost? They cut corners on labor and/or buy cheaper equipment. You can make things faster, better, and cheaper despite many claims to the contrary but it takes experience not platitudes and assumptions from outsiders that they can do it better without ever having done it. I hope Beagle works, but I was always skeptical it would because of its support from people like you and Barry. You guys are wrong so often it's hard to believe in anything you endorse.
Regards,
Mark