Next Mars Polar Lander maneuver set for Oct. 20
Spacecraft managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have set Oct. 20 as the date for the next cruise-phase maneuver to set up the Mars Polar Lander for its Dec. 3 touchdown on the Red Planet, after determining that the confusion over measurement units that claimed the Mars Climate Orbiter will...
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