HW on mars

[Wright, Mike]

This certainly appeals to me.

Mike w

> -----Original Message-----
> From: M Holmes [mailto:fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK]
> Sent: 22 March 2002 14:41
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> Subject: Re: TOTALLY OFF: Who died...
>
> As a matter of fact I had been wondering about the details of
> sponsoring the latest "Looking For Life" project to Mars.
>
> This is the "Beagle" project (www.beagle2.com) being organised by a
> slightly eccentric British academic.  He's raising funds
> through village fairs and sponsorship.
>
> What's interesting is that the landing method will be by inflatable
> balloons which will cushion the crash landing and then
> deflate (used by
> NASA on the Mars Pathfinder mission). The team are selling
> logo space on these balloons.
>
> Now that they know where the water is on Mars, there's a reasonable
> chance that they will find some ecvidence of life, and perhaps life.
> Whatever happens, once Mars is colonised, we can be
> reasonably sure the
> various bits of Beagle will be collected up and put into a museum on
> Mars for posterity.
>
> This is the point that got me to thinking that what should
> definitely be on it is a Hawkwind logo with "Looking For Life" on it.
>
> So how would folks feel, if we approached the team as fellow
> eccentrics and asked how much it would cost to get a logo on the
> balloons, and, if
> it were reasonable, trying to raise the cash. maybe the band could be
> persuaded to distribute Beagle info at gigs. It is after all a pretty
> good cause...
>
> FoFP
>


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