http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4233799.stm

Britain's ill-fated Beagle 2 Mars probe should never have been given the go-ahead by the European Space Agency (Esa), an official report claims.

That's what happens when a PI tries to become a program manager

Hey ho - I still think there's scope to fly this instrumentation in a slightly larger package, and definite scope for a mission of this Genre w.r.t v.v.small

Doug

I could see ESA's Exomars rover becoming this....I could see it being descoped to being a lander (properly built) with something like Beagle's payload.