Managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) investigating the failure of Mars Polar Lander (MPL) say it is estimated that only about 5% of the terrain within the projected MPL landing ellipse has slopes greater than 10%. The best estimate of a possible MPL landing location to date--which...

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