The Pathfinders
It started with an order to land something on Mars - cheaply. In NASA's new era of "faster, better, cheaper," this mission had to create a radically different way of building a spacecraft. "The Pathfinders" tells the story of a small group of JPL'ers who dismissed warnings that a cut-rate mission to Earth's distant neighbor would cut short their careers.
With a Martian parachute that could not be tested in Earth's atmosphere, and the last-minute addition of a remote controlled vehicle that would not look out of place in a toy store, the Pathfinder mission was a doubter's dream.
Vet the future prospects of JPL and of a Mars program in its infancy, depended on bouncing successfully onto the rocky Red Planet and releasing a curious six-wheeled wanderer, in hopes of starting a revolution in space exploration.
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
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Director: Blaine Baggett
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Crew: Blaine Baggett (Producer), Blaine Baggett (Writer), Blaine Baggett (Director), John Beck (Cinematography), Kevin Lane (Animation), Arthur Hurley (Editor)
Runtime: 62 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 2017
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