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I hadn't realised Colin Pillinger had died. I've found the news oddly affecting considering I never met the guy. :( (For anyone interested in the background to
by mrcarrot 12y ago
I hadn't realised Colin Pillinger had died. I've found the news oddly affecting considering I never met the guy. :(
(For anyone interested in the background to the Beagle2 probe, 'Backroom Boys'[1] includes a great chapter on it, and Prof Pillinger's involvement .)
[1]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British-ebook/dp/B004FN1K48/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British-...
- jgrahamc 12y agoThumbs up for that book. The section about the development of mobile telephony is great.
- arethuza 12y agoThe section on Elite was pretty interesting as well - I can remember being amazed playing it on an Acorn Electron in '84/'85. Colin Pillinger seemed like a great bloke though, I really did feel sorry for him when the probe failed.
- coroxout 12y agoYes, I loved the Elite section - I bought the book after reading an excerpt from the Elite chapter in the Guardian [0] - and the Concorde section. I had also missed the news of Colin Pillinger's death; RIP. [0] Probably this one, should anyone else be curious: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/18/features.weekend http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/18/features.weeken...
- jgalt212 12y agoYes, great chapter. I like the bit about after the fall of Soviet Union the KGB tries to sell satellite images of Great Britain to be used by Vodaphone for radio planning.