To land on Mars, obviously the engineers planning the mission needed to understand Kepler and Newton and gravity very well. The Mars Climate Orbiter, which arrived at Mars in 1999 but did not survive its entry, was not so lucky. Next Back to Lecture 27 outline Back to lectures page Back to main course page
To land on Mars, obviously the engineers planning the mission needed to understand Kepler and Newton and gravity very well.
The Mars Climate Orbiter, which arrived at Mars in 1999 but did not survive its entry, was not so lucky.
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