Lessons from Beagle
Mar 2, 2005
It is hard to do science in space. First, your instruments have to survive the launch, assuming that the rocket carrying them takes off successfully. Next, you have to get your equipment into orbit or, even more difficult, onto the surface of the Moon or Mars or wherever. Then your experiment has to work in the harsh environment of space, and, finally, you have to get your data back to Earth. It is not surprising that things occasionally go wrong.
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