NASA set to release report on loss of Mars orbiter

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Polar Lander at November 10, 1999 12:00 PM

Six weeks after controllers lost the Mars Climate Orbiter, NASA is poised this afternoon to release a scathing report of what went wrong and what needs to be done to ensure the Orbiter's sister ship -- the Mars Polar Lander -- makes it safely to the surface of the red planet.