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Nature 390, 8 (6 November 1997) | doi:10.1038/36181

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Space science projects may be grounded

Alison Abbott

Leading European space scientists warned last week that Horizons 2000, the long-term science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA), could disintegrate unless a cap on its budget imposed by European governments two years ago is lifted in 1999.The warning has come from the eight independent scientists who make up ESA's Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC), and is based on a 'worst-case' scenario of what might happen if member states refuse to increase funding.