Mars orbiter loss laid to poor communications, training

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has undertaken a host of management and technical reforms based on an independent panel's findings that poor communications and training contributed to the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter in September. As its controllers prepare to guide Mars Polar Lander, the lost...

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