Radar Trouble Sends Phoenix Mars Lander Over Budget
A radar problem left over from the days of "faster-better-cheaper" at NASA will send the agency's Phoenix Mars lander over budget, at the expense of other missions to the red planet. Drop tests a year ago revealed that the commercial aircraft radar altimeter set for the mission would not perform...
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