Report: Scientists knew Mars Lander could set down in deep valley

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Polar Lander at January 7, 2000 12:00 PM

Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Thursday they knew they were proposing to set down the vanished Mars Polar Lander in a deep valley. They said they were still assessing what happened to the craft and had not determined why the Lander failed to communicate.