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Re: Mars Express and Beagle 2
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There were many aspects of the original plane that were not recorded - we dont know how tightly it was strung (the guy wires), how ridgid or flexible the plane was - its the small details that make a machine like that work or fail
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Well the original plane still exists. Unfortunately the plane was crashed before they got it into the museum. So it is only a rendidition of what they thought the plane should have looked like. Those guys were amazing. They designed there wings after playing around with a macaroni box in their bicycle shop.
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I give the reproduction team that built the flyer for this years anniversary a lot of credit- but they had a very difficult time flying it.
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Actually there was more than one reproduction plane. One ended up crashing because the plane was heading for a forest and there was no brakes on the plane.
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