[ RadSafe ] SI; Now or never?

[Rogers Brent]

£50 million here, £50 million there, next thing you know, we're talking
about real money.  :>

I wonder if that figure includes the diminished usefulness of the Mars
Express Orbiter 'mothership' (which is an ESA initiative).  That vessel was
reliant on Beagle 2 for much of it's mission. 


Brent Rogers
Manager Radiation Operations Unit
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Department of Environment and Conservation
*+61 2 9995 5986
*+61 2 9995 6603
* PO Box A290 Sydney South 1232



-----Original Message-----
From: Rainer.Facius at dlr.de [mailto:Rainer.Facius at dlr.de]
Sent: Monday, 20 February 2006 9:34 PM
To: Brent.Rogers at environment.nsw.gov.au; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: AW: [ RadSafe ] SI; Now or never?


Brent:

I agree, "sh*t happens" - also in old Europe. 

Yet, your example, the "poorly managed Beagle mission" (according to ESA)
was a comparatively inexpensive fiasco (£50 million) and it was a British
and not a German failure - this time, :-).

Kind regards, Rainer 

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Rogers Brent [mailto:Brent.Rogers at environment.nsw.gov.au] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 19. Februar 2006 22:54
An: Facius, Rainer; radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: RE: [ RadSafe ] SI; Now or never?

[...]

BTW, as I notice you work for the German Aerospace Center, perhaps you can
explain the splendid, deplorable, quite expensive failure of the Beagle 2? 
Brent Rogers
Manager Radiation Operations Unit
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Department of Environment and Conservation
*+61 2 9995 5986
*+61 2 9995 6603
* PO Box A290 Sydney South 1232


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