JPL and the Space Age: The Pathfinders
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It started with JPL agreeing to land something on Mars - cheaply - and do it in a radically different way. This is how the era NASA called "Faster, Better, Cheaper" began. The documentary film "The Pathfinders" tells the story of a small group of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who did not heed warnings that the audacious challenge of landing on Mars with airbags would likely not be a career-enhancing move.
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