Internet language runs real, virtual Mars rover: Spirit runs on Java. I wonder if Beagle was running .Net?
Java, the software developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid-1990s as a universal platform for Internet applications, gave NASA a low-cost and easy-to-use option for running Spirit, the robotic rover that rolled onto the planet’s surface Thursday in search of signs of water and life.
Scientists cling to hope Beagle 2 will phone home: I'm sorry, but I think it's gone. Europe's first Mars probe remained silent for a third day, but scientists clung to the hope Saturday that the Beagle 2 spacecraft had landed safely on the Red Planet and would respond to a call…