To Land or Not to Land?

From late March, when I was appointed, until early October 2000 the replanning of the entire Mars Program was ongoing, not in an easy-to-follow serial fashion, but rather in a multiplex, multifaceted, intertwined, and interconnected way. As is customary with NASA missions, there are a series of revi...

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Published inExploring Mars p. 68
Main Author Hubbard, Scott
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of Arizona Press 01.02.2012
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Astronautics
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Astronomy
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Celestial mechanics
Communications
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Earth
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Inner planets
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Mars
Mars exploration
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Orbits
Passive restraint systems
Peer review
Physical sciences
Planetary science
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Social sciences
Space exploration
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Transportation
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Summary:From late March, when I was appointed, until early October 2000 the replanning of the entire Mars Program was ongoing, not in an easy-to-follow serial fashion, but rather in a multiplex, multifaceted, intertwined, and interconnected way. As is customary with NASA missions, there are a series of reviews between approval and launch. In the midst of deciding on the 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 missions I still had to attend to the launch preparations for the 2001 mission, the orbiter, MarsOdyssey. As difficult as the decision to cancel the 2001 lander had been, an even more challenging and complicated
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