Polar Lander: Narrowing the Possibilities

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Polar Lander at December 5, 1999 12:00 PM

In the wake of Sunday’s failed attempt to relay signals from Mars Polar Lander via a second orbiting spacecraft, the silence from Mars is starting to seem interminable. And in that silence, controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are narrowing their strategies on how to contact the lander.