"You have to liken this to the early days of mobile phones.
We've got one mobile phone, one mobile phone mast and one
satellite, and we have to match these things up and it's not that
easy."
Source: Beagle 2 Chief Scientist Professor Colin
Pillinger, the day after the small lander was supposed to open its
solar panels and call home. It hasn't done so for three days now,
fueling speculation that the lander has either crashed or is
somehow unserviceable.