Jan 7 2000
From The Space Library
In the wake of the failure of the Mars Polar Lander Mission, an independent assessment team appointed by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin assembled for the first time to begin a review of NASA's approach to the exploration of Mars. The 16-member team included aeronautics experts from NASA, aerospace industries, the U.S. Air Force, and academia. Although NASA officials held out hope that Lander would eventually respond to signals from Earth, Goldin tasked the team with evaluating NASA's successful and unsuccessful missions to Mars. The independent investigation continued NASA's pattern of scrutinizing all failures to improve its proficiency in the exploration of space.
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