Colin Pillinger
Colin Pillinger
Colin Trevor Pillinger, CBE FRS FRAS FRGSwas an English planetary scientist. He was a founding member of the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at Open University in Milton Keynes, he was also the principal investigator for the failed British Beagle 2 Mars lander project, and worked on a group of Martian meteorites...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth9 May 1943
chopped save serious
But this is serious science. I wouldn't let one of these instruments get chopped off to save anything.
mars people send
At the beginning, some people thought we were a 'me too' mission: Send a lander to Mars and take a picture.
discourage lost
A little set back like a lost lander should not discourage visionaries.
happy intent life trade unlike
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.