NASA Stops Listening
Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials have given up on Mars Polar Lander, and stopped listening for signals from the spacecraft last week. The last commands were sent on Jan. 6, telling Mars Polar Lander (MPL) to enter a ``UHF safe mode'' where it would transmit UHF radio signals every 3 hr. to be...
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