Traffic jam on way to Mas?

  • 14/05/2001

A looming traffic jam of space missions to Mars has forced NASA to spend about $10 million on upgrading its facilities at the Tidbinbilla tracking station near Canberra.In early 2004 the red planet will be under surveillance by seven invaders from earth, including two rovers from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Britain's first Mars lander and two orbiters built by Europe and Japan.