Late funds hampered Beagle mission to Mars: MPs
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LONDON - The Beagle 2 space probe failed to land safely on Mars because the British government tried to fund the mission &quot;on the cheap,&quot; a parliamentary committee has charged.
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Peter Hain failed to declare tens of thousands of pounds for his deputy leader bid
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Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a weekâs worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the
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Britain&#39;s ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars failed partly because a lack of government funds left the project as an &quot;amateurish gentlemen&#39;s agreement&quot;, a committee of MPs says in a report today.
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Description: An investigation into the loss of Britain&#39;s Beagle 2 spacecraft last December suggests the cause may have been unusual Martian weather.
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A new report into the failure of the Beagle mission to Mars has concluded that the failure can be linked to the Government&#39;s failure to commit money early enough.
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NASA says there is not enough money in its budget to finish tracking nearby asteroids within a 15-year deadline mandated by Congress.
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Space industry veterans lament that a lack of government foresight that has resulted in a four- to six-year gap between the end of the space shuttle and the availability of a next-generation rocket, the Ares.
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The team behind the lost Beagle 2 lander has outlined plans for a third generation craft, Beagle 2: Evolution, that could yet go to Mars.
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Trying to save the famed Hubble Space Telescope with a robot would cost &#36;2 billion with just a 50-50 chance of success, an aerospace research group is advising NASA in the coming days.
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A new report released by an American Physical Society (APS) Special Committee on NASA Funding for Astrophysics has questioned the space agency's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. The APS assessment warns that t  he cost of overcoming technological challenges to make real the plan could far exceed budgetary projections and that numerous&nbsp;approved science programs could be jeopardized.
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REGINA (CP) - A Canadian team of engineers competing in an international race to put civilians into space has postponed its first stab at the &#36;10-million prize, leaving an anxious Saskatchewan community in the lurch.
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Science & environment: Some defences remain in poor condition despite 40% increase in funding, MPs' report claims
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ANY one of a number of technical malfunctions might have caused the loss of Beagle 2, the ill-fated British space probe that vanished while attempting to land on Mars, an investigation found today.
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VAT discounts could help Educational science centres are facing a funding crisis, a group of MPs has warned in a new report.â¦
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Government forces through bill extending controversial refuelling mission
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By The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 7--This past week the Bush administration put a down payment on its promise to return astronauts to the moon and eventually land a manned vehicle on Mars.