JPL controllers change Mars lander procedures after panel's warning
Mars Polar Lander controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have changed the procedures they will follow next month when their spacecraft begins its descent toward the Red Planet's South Pole, after receiving a warning from the outside panel reviewing loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft...
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