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| The Royal Society New Frontiers in Science Exhibition | [EXHIBITIONS] |
| The Beagle 2 exhibit combined science, art and many opportunities to tell the public, invited school students and Royal Society invitees about the project. |
| The display included the original watercolour of HMS Beagle (painted by Owen Stanley FRS, 1841) which took Charles Darwin on his epic journey, on loan for the duration of the exhibition from the National Maritime
Museum in Greenwich. Behind the rock strewn table were the two paintings by Damien Hirst. One, called Beagle 2 featured an image of the lander amongst the spots, the other, Red Planet, was a single red spot, with
butterflies, signifying Mars. A plasma screen showed the computer animation of the landing and deployment of instruments. |
| BEAGLE 2 BULLETIN, a four page tabloid format handout was produced for the exhibition. |
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| "Artist and pop group join mission to Red Planet" | [IN PRINT] |
| Again Beagle makes the Daily Telegraph - and numerous other papers and broadcasts. "Damien Hirst plans exhibition on Mars - artist and pop group join mission to Red Planet" wrote Roger Highfield. This time
Damien Hirst (and Dave Rowntree and Alex James) are pictured with Colin Pillinger, and of course the Beagle 2 model, in front of the two canvasses which Damien painted specially for the Royal Society exhibition. |
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| Paris airshow | [EVENTS] |
| Beagle 2 featured on both the Aerospatiale-Matra and the European Space Agency exhibits at the Paris Airshow at Le Bourget. |
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| Beagle 2 at parliament | [GOVERNMENT] |
| Beagle 2 (in the box) leaves the Houses of Parliament after a private meeting with MPs (left to right Colin Pillinger, John Underwood from Martin-Baker Aircraft, Mike Rickett and John Thatcher from Matra Marconi Space). |
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| ESTEC meeting | [MEETINGS] |
| Dr Andre Brack (CNRS, Orleans) sums up at the end of the Beagle 2 Adjunct Scientist meeting at ESTEC. |
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| On the radio | [RADIO] |
| Front Row (Radio 4 Arts Review programme) interviewed Paul Murdin of BNSC in response to the announcement that Damien Hirst will provide a target on the lander for cameras and chemical and mineral spectrometer
calibrations. This target, along the lines of one of Damien's spot paintings, not only will mean contemporary art being landed on a planet but it will play a vital role in the science of the mission - "a first, and a fabulous
idea" according to Dr Murdin. |
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| Gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show | [EVENTS] |
| Mars - The Planted Planet, the exhibition by Hadlow College demonstrating the potential of hydroponics to support manned bases on Mars won the coveted top award at the world famous Royal Horticultural Society
showcase in London. The model of Beagle 2 which was part of the exhibit attracted much interest and Colin gave some 20 interviews on the press day, ranging from Gardening Magazines to the Wall Street Journal. |
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| ESA Ministerial Council meetings | [PROJECT] |
| Following meetings of the ESA Ministerial Council in Brussels and the Science Programme Committee in Berne, Project Manager Rudi Schmidt announced that "Mars Express is fully approved within the 150ME
and all previous restrictions are removed". This leaves the way clear for Beagle 2 if its financial arrangements can be finalised. |
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| Beagle meets Mavis on the Blue Peter set | [TV] |
| Colin and the Beagle 2 model on the set of Blue Peter along with Mavis one of the Blue Peter dogs. |
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| Consortium meeting and Phase A2 BRR (Beagle Requirements Review) | [MEETINGS] |
| Leicester hosted four days of intensive meetings for all the Beagle 2 scientists and engineers. At the wind-up of Phase A2, both MMS (Toulouse) and ESA (ESTEC) declared themselves pleased with progress.
Beagle 2 moved into Phase B with a long list of action items. |
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| Growing times | [EVENTS] |
| A photo session was held for the brochure for the Hadlow College to accompany their display at the Chelsea Flower Show. |
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