My portrait of space scientist Professor Colin Pillinger has been used on the cover of his book, My Life on Mars – which was launched on a rocket!
In 2003 a bunch of ‘anoraks’ followed their leader to join forces with a rock band and a world famous artist to design a tiny spacecraft on the back of a beer mat, build it in a garage and then, against all the odds, send it 250 million miles to Mars. The book follows Prof Pillinger’s life story as well as his mission to Mars. It is the true and untold version of Beagle 2 and the aftermath of the project — a story which is very different to that the public have previously been given…
This autobiographical book by the leader of the Beagle 2 project tells the complete story about the British space which was sent to Mars in 2003 to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet. Beagle 2 captivated the public and stories about it appeared in the media all over the World particularly in the United States. (more…)
