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RIP Colin Pillinger

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    RIP Colin Pillinger

    BBC News - Colin Pillinger dies after brain haemorrhage

    #2
    Yes,

    A real shame that.
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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      #3
      For a short time, it seemed as if a human colony on Mars would be one big scrumpy fuelled punch-up. It will be much more dull now.
      The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

      George Frederic Watts

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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        #4
        I really did feel for the guy when Beagle 2 failed.

        Sad times for British science.

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          #5
          That's a shame.

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            #6
            Originally posted by original PM View Post
            I really did feel for the guy when Beagle 2 failed. ...
            Me too, although I had mixed feelings of the "mother-in-law driving off a cliff in your new car" variety as the thing was financed by the EU.

            Quite a few space scientists and astronomers seem to die of a brain haemorrhage. Maybe so much time spent craning their heads back to peer through telescopes strains and eventually weakens veins in their necks and heads similar to gin-slinger's neck.
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              #7
              Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
              Me too, although I had mixed feelings of the "mother-in-law driving off a cliff in your new car" variety as the thing was financed by the EU.
              Quite a few space scientists and astronomers seem to die of a brain haemorrhage. Maybe so much time spent craning their heads back to peer through telescopes strains and eventually weakens veins in their necks and heads similar to gin-slinger's neck.
              Yes I did feel getting the piggy back from the american's did stink a bit of doing it on a budget....

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