I wonder if it time for NASA to implement the idea of “Crash only software”:http://www.stanford.edu/~candea/papers/crashonly/crashonly.html into their projects. Consider the Genesis space capsule. If they had designed it to crash into the desert, then they would have been able to recover all the data from it.
Meanwhile, reports of a crash-only version of Microsoft Windows have been denied.
I would seriously consider going on this Open University Course Exploring Mars
Trouble is, Beagle 2 crashed (or was taken by the Ice Warriors for investigation). Will there be anything to learn? I expect so, actually read the course content. At first glance it looked like it depended on Beagle 2, but in fact, it appears it will just be discussing the questions.
Poor Professor Colin Pillinger, his Beagle 2 dream is probably over. No cup run for him, perhaps he can concentrate on the league.
I’m sorry, but his football analogy led comments are beginning to grate :-
bq. We will play to the final whistle. It only takes a fraction of a second to score a goal.
Well, it looks like the Beagle took an unfortunate thumping from Mars, there was no giant killing and whilst he got over the moon, I guess he is as sick as a parrot. Gary.
The “Beagle 2 Blog”:http://beagle2onmars.blogspot.com/ [via Wherever You Are]
Brings tears to your eyes. No, we haven’t forgotten the little fella. Those loud and brass American rovers with their flash wheels and jet powered landing hog all the limelight, but we’ll not forsake Beagle.
A historic day as China puts its first man in space. It is easy to underestimate the significance of this; USSR and USA having done it years ago. But the space race has stalled, and there was something about a hare and a tortoise.
bq. Once aloft, he [Yang Liwei] was said to be “reading a flight manual in the capsule of the Shenzhou V spacecraft and looked composed and at ease”.
Perhaps the Chinese government has no expectations of this working, and he hadn’t trained on how to get down.
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