Talk:Colin Pillinger

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This entry needs work. Unnamed self-interested trolls (see comment above) have been at work. the present version is unfair and undetailed. --WPWiles 03:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Does anybody know what year he was on Test The Nation, he was the with rocket scientists if that helps.Davie4264 19:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations needed

eg "In one case, he derided NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project, and touted his own project. " - [This article http://www.planetary.org/news/2004/0104_Mars_Exploration_Rovers_Update_Spirit.html] and [this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3421981.stm] both imply he was supportive of the other efforts. Scottkeir 16:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Negative

Pillinger strikes me as a "good man" who put a lot of effort into Beagle 2 only to have it smash to bits on a distant planet. The tone of the article seems to suggest that was due to his incompetence in some way which is an appalling slur on a man who has worked so hard to further Human knowledge, and raise turkeys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.46.173 (talk) 17:44, 20 October 2007 (UTC)