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ENGINEERING FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Introduction--Mary Kae Lockwood and John W. Weatherly
Pages 1-4

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... . In addition, engineering for extreme environments involves many uncertainties -- about specific environmental conditions, about the physics under extreme environmental conditions, about the accuracy of laboratory simulations, and about meeting difficult schedule and cost requirements.
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... The MER landings followed earlier successes -- the landings of two Viking missions and the Mars Pathfinder. Future Mars landings, such as the Mars Science Laboratory mission slated for launch in 2009, will include a sky-crane landing system that can set down larger mass robotic systems on the Martian surface.
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