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...latest spin on the fate of the Mars Polar Lander suggests that the vessel may have accidentally been guided by NASA to a touchdown in a canyon, where it broke apart on impact. This theory, put forward in the Denver Post by an unnamed Lockheed Martin scientist, has refocused attention on the state of affairs at America's aerospace agency, where a spate of recent high-profile (and high-priced) gaffes has led to declining confidence, with many saying the agency's cost- and time-cutting measures have led to negligence. In fact, the Polar Lander mission was billed...
...STEPS] Post-touchdown, receivers gather for a mass high-five...
...charm - or so it seems. On Friday, the space agency's engineers celebrated the fact that, as far as they could tell, the second of their two $100 million Martian landers didn't get lost in space. All indications were that the Mars Polar Lander enjoyed a safe touchdown at right around its scheduled landing time, 3:01 p.m. EST. But NASA failed to receive a signal from the craft during the first 20-minute communications window, beginning around 3:40 p.m. The Lander is the partner craft to the Mars Climate Observer, which was famously lost near Mars after...
Gellert drew Whearty's fifth foul on a breakaway, and made both free throws to increase the lead to 64-56, then caught a 60-foot touchdown pass from Clemente on an inbounds, and made a free throw to open the lead...
Harvard's first touchdown was indirectly set up by a Giampaolo punt that pinned Yale at its 1-yard line...