JPL panel found Polar Lander propulsion concerns preceded launch
Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory were worried about the hydrazine propulsion system on the Mars Polar Lander before it took off on its doomed trip to the Red Planet, but the launch went ahead even though questions about the system remained, a JPL special review board has concluded...
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