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Report on the loss of the mars polar lander and deep space 2 missions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Leising Sr., Charles Albee, Arden MacPherson, Duncan Burdick, Garry Brace, Richard Casani, John Battel, Steven Lavell, Jeffrey |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | NASA's Mars Surveyor Program (MSP) began in 1994 with plans to send spacecraft to Mars every 26 months. Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), a global mapping mission, was launched in 1996 and is currently orbiting Mars. Mars Surveyor '98 consisted of Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) and Mars Polar Lander (MPL). Lockheed Martin Astronautics (LMA) was the prime contractor for Mars Surveyor '98. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, manages the Mars Surveyor Program for NASA's Office of Space Science. MPL was developed under very tight funding constraints. The combined development cost of MPL and MCO, including the cost of the two launch vehicles, was approximately the same as the development cost of the Mars Pathfinder mission, including the cost of its single launch vehicle. The MPL project accepted the challenge to develop effective implementation methodologies consistent with programmatic requirements. |
| File Size | 9827415 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2000-03-22 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Mars Climate Orbiter Costs Policies Oils Deep Space Mars Polar Lander Surveyor Project Mars Atmosphere Losses Launch Vehicles Space Missions Space Probes Propulsion Mars Pathfinder Mars Global Surveyor Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
