NASA studying software upgrade to smooth Mars '01 landing
NASA engineers are studying whether a software upgrade could give the Mars lander set for launch in 2001 a better chance of touching down in one piece on its retro-rockets by avoiding rocks and other obstacles in its path, and whether more elaborate "terminal hazard avoidance" systems are needed for...
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