France purges space programme in bid to survive budget crisis

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ARTICLE Butler, D. France purges space programme in bid to survive budget crisis. _Nature_ 423, 103 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/423103a Download citation * Issue Date: 08 May 2003 * DOI:


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