Japan's Nozomi Mars Probe Stirs Contamination Qualms

Posted by tourdemars to Nozomi at July 3, 2003 12:00 PM

Add one more problem to the beleaguered Japanese Mars probe, Nozomi. There are worries in some science quarters that the troubled spacecraft could possibly contaminate Mars. Nozomi will find itself at the red planet in December, years behind its originally intended arrival time.