"MPL had the possibility of succeeding."
No it didnt. There was a coding flaw that was never seen in testing. A coding flaw that, left un noticed, lead to the failure of the probe. It was never going to land while that flaw was still there. Regardless of the environment it encountered on the way to, or entry at mars - it was going to fail.
However..
"Beagle 2 had no chance whatsoever"
It had just as much chance as MPL did :) And infact, it seems the most likely cause of failure was an unusual and unexpected (even by NASA) environmental situation. Yes - the B2 design should have been able to cope with it - and there in is a flaw - but given more typical environmental conditions, there is no ( as far as we know ) technical reason why B2 might have failed.
The full report on Monday is a better place to start slagging off one anothers space programs however.
Doug
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- Beage 2: As I was saying
- a portrait ..
- Predictions, anyone? How long before ESA offers competitive prizes like NASA now is?
- A Difference Overlooked
- David Whitehouse lurks the Habitable Zone.
- You know this for a fact?
- Another article about Beagle 2
- Exactly on point
- re: Exactly on point
- Standard practice is to design for the worst case scenario
- Importance of feedback from protypes
- re: Standard practice is to design for the worst case scenario
- Standard practice is to design for the worst case scenario
- re: Exactly on point
- Exactly on point
- don't hold your breath for a refund (n/t)
- Sounds like what they said about Mars Polar Lander. (n/t)
- Let the space organization that does not have at least one pile of multimillion dollar junk littering the Martian surface, cast the first stone. (n/t)
- re: Let the space organization that does not have at least one pile of multimillion dollar junk littering the Martian surface, cast the first stone.
- A big difference
- Yes, there are some differencess...
- re: A big difference
- re: Beagle 2 was 'too great a risk'
- You're missing the point
- re: You're missing the point
- How much extra would Beagle 2 have cost if they used the NASA airbag sytem?
- Many space scientists said MPL's landing system was doomed to failure BEFORE it arrived at Mars. (n/t)
- re: You're missing the point
- You might be right.
- A big difference
- re: Let the space organization that does not have at least one pile of multimillion dollar junk littering the Martian surface, cast the first stone.
- Let the space organization that does not have at least one pile of multimillion dollar junk littering the Martian surface, cast the first stone. (n/t)