Scientist fights Mars setback

Posted by jburk to Mars Polar Lander at September 24, 1999 12:00 PM

Oxford University scientist Professor Fred Taylor has said he is "very, very, disappointed" by the failure of Nasa's latest Mars probe, the Mars Climate Orbiter. The craft, which vanished as it manoeuvred into orbit around the planet, had on board a weather-monitoring satellite painstakingly built by the Professor of Atmospheric Physics.