"The failure cause is pure speculation, but it could have been, and probably was, down to sheer bad luck - a heavy bounce perhaps distorting the structure as clearances on solar panel deployment weren't big; or a punctured and slowly leaking airbag not separating sufficiently from the lander, causing a hang-up in deployment," he told BBC News.
"The failure cause is pure speculation," says Mark, "but it could have been, and probably was down to sheer bad luck - a heavy bounce perhaps distorting the structure as clearances on solar-panel deployment weren't big; or a punctured and slowly leaking airbag not separating sufficiently from the lander causing a hang-up in deployment".
Agonized debate (think U.S. health care reform or Afghan deployment) is not for China.
He said the additional deployment was not because of any deterioration in the performance of G4S.
The deployment "is not principally being delayed by the Sudanese government," said a senior Western diplomat in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, who is not authorized to speak publicly.
He also maintains that Russian military deployment is not needed now but the "possibility" remains: The military exercises were not related to what is happening in Ukraine.
Hunt said the additional deployment was not because of any deterioration in the performance of G4S, which had delivered 1,100 more guards yesterday.
