Why did Odyssey succeed in orbiting Mars after the last two attempts failed?
Mr. Terwilliger’s Class Kenwood, California ANSWER: Exploring Mars is an ongoing program. Each vehicle sent is a new attempt at exploration and technological advancement. JPL’s focus is to accomplish what has not been done before, and once they succeed in doing the previously undone, they set new goals and do it again. We had many lessons learned from the past failures that helped us prevent failure this time. For a detailed list, please see page 13 in the Odyssey Launch Press Kit located at: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/newsroom/presskits/odysseylaunch.pdf Links: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://mars.jpl.nasa.
