Solar Panel Problem Triggers
A troublesome solar panel on Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) has resulted in at least a two-week suspension of aerobraking, change in a key element in the spacecraft's planned mapping orbit and the possibility of far greater implications for the mission following further analysis by project officials. A...
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