Smart manufacturing takeaways from NASA’s latest trip to Mars March 31, 2021 Contributing Editor Karen Haywood Queen catches up with NASA’s Adam Steltzner Steltzner is chief engineer, NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He spoke at WESTEC 2013 about the engineering challenges involved in landing spacecraft on Mars. NASA landed another rover on Mars in February, thanks in part to the work and leadership of Adam Steltzner. Smart Manufacturing interviewed him shortly thereafter—just as he got off the phone with U.S. President Joe Biden. Adam, what we...