Beagle 3?

The research phase of the project is starting to bear fruit. We have a few of the research tasks completed and posted into the groups. The main source of information seems to be the beagle 2 website. However, this looks slightly abandoned and although it's a good source of general information, it doesn't seem to have the level of detail required for the actual build. We really need schematics and dimensions to be able to get on with these tasks and so far, we don't seem to be getting responses from the OU itself. It does lead into a very pertinent questions. What happens to a science and engineering team that was destined to be receiving and analysing data when a mission fails? After the obvious post analysis and investigations that would inevitably follow, mainly to appease any investors, what happens to all the data that was collected during the build, launch and journey phases of a mission. is any of this information re-used on another mission? Does the team go on and try again for funding? I was at the OU's inaugural Broadband lecture given by Steve Squyres a year or two ago and Colin Pillinger attended and indicated that a "Beagle 3" was a possibility (he didn't call it Beagle 3 though). This seems an entirely sensible way to use the information and techniques gained on one mission to fuel another. I'm assuming that lessons where learned from the original mission and the cost of a "Beagle 3" would not be as steep as the original. I wonder if another mission is planned that a Beagle 3 could piggy back upon and keep the costs even lower.

You can see a video lecture given by Colin Pillinger at the Berrill Lecture theatre, Walton Hall in 2003 here.