NASA Encounters Problems With MSL Descent Stage
Technicians at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are being forced to replace a complex series of tubes in the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) descent stage because of unqualified welds, but a program official insists the work will not jeopardize the September/October 2009 launch target. The problems...
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