My understanding, from colleagues in Europe, is that NetLander is still officially alive. Its 2007 launch, which was originally slated to fly along with the now-cancelled CNES Mars PREMIER mission, was delayed until at least 2009, probably even later, if at all. CNES is desperately trying to keep NetLander alive by hoping for a piggyback ride on another mission, perhaps the proposed 2009 U.S. Mars Telesat mission (if the 2009 ASI/NASA G. Marconi Orbiter does not fly) or, more likely, on the European ExoMars 09 mission. Interestingly, though, I heard scuttlebut a couple of weeks ago that the U.S. option is out, maybe because of U.S. - French tensions. Also, one will note that apreviously selected Discovery Mission of Opportunity, which would have funded an investigation led by JPL's Bruce Banerdt aboard NetLander, is no longer listed. We'll have to wait and see.