Panel Uncovers Potentially Fatal Problem on Polar Lander

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Polar Lander at November 8, 1999 12:00 PM

A NASA board appointed to investigate the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter has uncovered a problem that if left uncorrected could doom its sister mission, the Polar Lander, as it makes its powered descent to the martian south pole on Dec. 3.