AW: [ RadSafe ] SI; Now or never?

[Rainer.Facius at dlr.de]

Brent:

Of course Beagle's loss was a deplorable loss and the £50 million pertain to it alone. Yet, the Mars Express Orbiter itself pursues a separate independent mission from Beagle. Its impressive photographic mapping is sold as a considerable accomplishment by ESA, and I assume rightly so.

Bets regards, Rainer
 

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Von: Rogers Brent [mailto:Brent.Rogers at environment.nsw.gov.au] 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Februar 2006 00:55
An: Facius, Rainer; radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: RE: [ RadSafe ] SI; Now or never?

£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
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-----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 

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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?

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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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