Beagle Space Mission to Mars 'Poorly Managed'

BBC NEWS reports that the European Space Agency (ESA) says the reason the Beagle 2 Mars lander space mission failed was at least partly poor management.

"Contact with the Mars probe was lost last December and it is unknown whether the UK-built lander ever made it down to the surface of the Red Planet.

"The official inquiry into the loss said there was too little investment at the start of the £50m Beagle project."