Reasoning Britain is still firmly committed to the EXOMars Robot project even though the scope and the cost have grown in the three years since it was first initiated. The shape of the project has changed dramatically, mainly due to the increased expectations of scientists. According to the ESA, this change in direction justifies the almost doubling of the original budget. The increased cost will, however, have to be met by the participating countries that originally signed up to fund this programme. Both Italy, the project leader, which provided much of the initial programme funding, and Britain, will have to significantly increase their share of funding for this project. Britain considers that this project makes the most of its expertise in robotics. To date Britain has not been involved in other high-profile ESA programmes such as the Columbus science laboratory and the Ariane Rocket project. The ESA now hopes to send the robot to Mars in 2016.

68. Italy and Britain are covering the cost of the ESA's EXOMars Robot project and the costs have risen significantly over the past three years

	(a) True
	(b) False
	(c) Cannot say
	(d)

69. Britain has accepted that the change in mission direction justifies the near doubling of the budget

	(a) True
	(b) False
	(c) Cannot say
	(d)

70. Historically, Britain has tried to avoid ESA high-profile missions

	(a) True
	(b) False
	(c) Cannot say
	(d)

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