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This quote is just one of 7 total Colin Pillinger quotes in our collection. Colin Pillinger is known for saying 'At the beginning, some people thought we were a 'me too' mission: Send a lander to Mars and take a picture.' as well as some of the following quotes.
You'd also want to use lunar rocks as building supplies - it is so costly to lift even an extra kilo of steel into space, running to many hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When its size, both actual and financial, is considered, it would be easy to believe Beagle 2 could not be aiming to accomplish much other than just raise a flag on Mars.
Unlike (the NASA) robots, Beagle 2 won't be going sightseeing. It is intent on discovering where there is or was life on Mars. It is happy to trade measurements for mobility.
This quote is just one of 7 total Colin Pillinger quotes in our collection. Colin Pillinger is known for saying 'At the beginning, some people thought we were a 'me too' mission: Send a lander to Mars and take a picture.' as well as some of the following quotes.