Lost beagle on Mars?

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~11851~1856076,00.html ^

[martian_22]

...Should have sub-contracted the Vogons...cheaper you know.

[Analyzing Inconsistencies]

The Europeans have collapsed under their own socialism... So much would be possible if only we could get beyond the monopolistic corruption that still pervades our bureaucratic governments’ SOCIALIST space programs. Related thread:
Did Astrium, an ESA-anointed monopolistic contractor, actually WANT its lean-budgeted Beagle 2 Mars mission to fail in order to secure greater funding for subsequent interplanetary missions funded by increasingly stimulated European taxpayers? Why won’t ESA and NASA simply offer COMPETITIVE PRIZES?