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Space Scientist Colin Pillinger Dies

Posted May 08, 2014 9:01 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger, best known for his 2003 attempt to land a spacecraft on Mars, has died aged 70, his family have said.

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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#1 Re: Space Scientist Colin Pillinger Dies 05/16/2014 5:45 AM
	A sad loss. It is so rare to find someone with such a profound sense of technical ambition and a desire to achieve the seemingly impossible embodied within such a outwardly-charming personality. Be sure that, where he has led, others will follow. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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