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Nature 431, 497 (30 September 2004) | doi:10.1038/431497a; Published online 29 September 2004

Beagle cash dogged by dissent over wording

Mark Peplow

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Does Britain owe euro dollar16 million for Mars mission 'loan'?

Britain's failed Mars lander, Beagle 2, has ignited a row over money — euro dollar16 million (US$20 million) that the European Space Agency (ESA) provided four years ago to keep the project going.Disagreement about the conditions under which the money was handed over — and whether Britain is to repay it — has surfaced at senior levels in the space agency.