Interview with Peter Barratt, Head of Communication for the Beagle 2 mission to Mars: The ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to find life on Mars was one part of a cluster of missions most of which have been very successful. The Beagle 2 project, which was led by Colin Pillinger, failed following the loss of the spacecraft after it was released towards the planet’s surface. The publicity surrounding the project, on the other hand, has been a great success and in terms of communicating the science, as well as generating interest amongst the public, it has been nothing short of a public relations triumph. The person behind the publicity machine was Peter Barratt, who as Head of Communication for the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) was drafted in to take charge of the publicity for the project. Here, Nigel Sanitt interviews Peter Barratt during the Royal Society meeting on 8th March. Link
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
