Beagle

I didn't know anything about the European mission to Mars until yesterday. Funny enough, my first instinct was sort of a weird "doesn't NASA do all space missions" reaction, but the more I learned and thought about this the happier I was. I love space missions. I'm hoping we get some great pictures and learn exciting new things about Mars. And, (in an Al Kennedy moment - see below), I'm hoping that this mission will reestablish faith in science among Europeans. With the increasing strength of the Green Party, science is beginning to be seen as man's enemy. "The only good science is a dead science" is the Greens' motto.