von Kármán Lecture - How Failure Helps us Succeed: The Agony & Inspiration of Defeat
Online Event
Rob Manning,
Systems Engineer/Engineering Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
- Public Event
This lecture will be presented online only.
There are lessons in defeat. This month's talk will discuss several notable failures in the course of JPL's history of exploration and the incredibly valuable lessons from them.
Did you know the loss of a Mars spacecraft led to a new system that lets us never lose contact during critical maneuvers? Or that a failed spacecraft antenna helped make better mobile phones? Space is hard; join us to hear how JPL turns setbacks into motivation.
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Event Series
Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series
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In 1992, the Mars Observer, designed to study and take high-resolution photography of the Martian surface, was to be the United States' first mission to the Red Planet in 17 years. However, the mission ended prematurely on August 22, 1993 when contact with the spacecraft was lost just before it was to enter orbit around Mars.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
