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Nature 435, 1145 (30 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/4351145a; Published online 29 June 2005

Shrinking budget grounds German space research

Alison Abbott

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Scientists fear specialized labs will founder if budget cuts continue.

Germany was once a leader in space research. The Mars Express pictures that fired the world's imagination last year were taken by a German stereocamera, for example.