Re: Mars Polar Lander
Robert Owen (rowen@technologist.com)
Sat, 04 Dec 1999 03:30:07 -0500
Jeff Davis wrote:
> As of this hour, the Mars Polar Lander is down... and silent.
>
> I sure hope the gadget checks in. The suspense is killer.
Others here and there have made a judgment regarding NASA
and JPL with respect to engineering and programming errors
in this sequence of missions.
Assume, Jeff, that the Mars Polar Lander is catastrophically
damaged and operationally disabled. What would be your
interpretation of these mission failures?
Bob
Robert M. Owen
Director
The Orion Institute
57 W. Morgan Street
Brevard, NC 28712-3659 USA