British scientists in cooperation with NASA are trying to send an initialization message to the computer of the stationary space vehicle. Scientists are examining the reasons for the failure of the mission. The experiment manager: Our vehicle is more sophisticated than the "Spirit"
Colin Fillenger, the chief scientist of the Beagle 2 team, said that trying to send a reboot message is "a last resort." A group of scientists gathered in order to find the reasons that led to the failure to make contact with Beagle. In the coming days, the scientists will try to send a transmitter in order to try and turn it off remotely. According to Pillanger, in February he will try to repeat this operation again.
"USA Today" publishes that Flinger is not optimistic about the chances of resurrecting the space vehicle. Scientists fear that the spacecraft, which was designed to fold up like a pocket watch during landing, was destroyed while trying to open properly, or landed in a crater. Therefore any attempt to contact him is impossible. "Under these circumstances, I am beginning to accept the fact that if the Bagel 2 landed on Mars, it is not active," he said.
The Beagle vs the Spirit
Advertisement The failure of the Beagle 2 stands in stark contrast to the successful landing of NASA's space vehicle, the Spirit. The images sent from the Spirit over the past week confirm that there was water on Mars. Discovering water on Mars was the purpose for which the European scientists sent the Beagle to Mars.
At a press conference, Pillanger referred to the attempts to turn off the Beagle remotely as "a return to the foot of the mountain with the aim of pushing the bulldozer up the mountain again" and added that he hopes that the scientists will be able to get the Beagle back into action and continue the research. In his speech, he congratulated NASA and the European Space Agency, but insisted that Beagle 2's technology was more sophisticated than Spirit's, and urged European scientists to seriously consider planning a new mission.
Mars Express will try to talk to Beagle 2 from today until Friday
Today at 14:15 an attempt will be made to listen to the Beagle via Mars Express which will be both above it and in direct contact with the Earth
7.1.2004
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Starting today, Wednesday, 7/1/04, and for the next three days, the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft will occasionally pass at an altitude of 315 above the landing site of the Beagle-2 spacecraft, which still maintains the right of silence.
Since then, communication attempts have been made on December 25 with the tiny lander using NASA's Mars Odyssey probe and radio telescopes on Earth, but all have failed. However, Mars Express and Beagle-2 are the only systems that have tried each other, giving the European Space Agency confidence that it will be possible Contact the landing in the next few days.
The ultra-high waves (UHF) of the constellation are ready to control any signal from Beagle 2. On January 7th, at exactly 13:15 CET, the Mars Express spacecraft will be at the same time both in the direction convenient to receive the signal, i.e. above the crater Isidis - longitude 86 and are in line of sight with Earth and this will allow flight controllers at the European Space Agency's control center in Darmstadt, Germany, to hear even the faintest beep from the Martian surface.
An hour later, and whatever the results, the European Space Agency will hold a press conference with the participation of the agency's scientific director Dr. David Southwood, Mars Express project manager Rudolf Schmidt, and Michael McKee - deputy flight director.
