Report on the Loss of the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 Missions

Details Report on the Loss of the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 Missions Report on the Loss of the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 Missions

Mar 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000stin...0061967a&link_type=abstract

Technical Report, Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Launch Vehicles, Losses, Mars Atmosphere, Space Probes, Mars Polar Lander, Costs, Deep Space, Oils, Policies, Propulsion, Space Missions, Surveyor Project, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Climate Orbiter

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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.

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