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Nature 423, 103 (8 May 2003) | doi:10.1038/423103a
France purges space programme in bid to survive budget crisis
Declan Butler
In a dramatic bid to address its long-running financial problems, the CNES, France's national space agency, has cut or frozen 10 of its 44 missions — including an ambitious effort to send four landers to Mars.The agency has struggled over the past five years with falling government funding.
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