Posted by tourdemars to Mars Society at June 28, 2003 12:00 PM

If funding comes through, Canada could play a major role in NASA's next mission to Mars. NASA is leading an international space race to find signs of water on the red planet. Two rovers are equipped to prowl the Martian surface searching for evidence of past life. Robotic landers offer a chance to scour the surface, and the space agency's landing plans for 2009 are bigger and bolder.