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Leonardo da Vinci's Ingenuity.
The visionary genius would be proud to see something that embodied more than five hundred years ago, now it's a reality, even out of this world.
tiderfish
Did it work?!
mikenco
"..Why you taker so long!?..oh, releegion and da politics steel a thinga huh?..."
ColdSquirrel
Also chance that the Engineer deliberately designed it this way either to troll or as a call back
lildude52ca
that's alot of money to spend for a 90 second flight...
Sololop
90s flight minimum. It will hopefully continue to fly much longer than that. Plus the rover itself will provide years of science
PteradactylStevens
It’s a proof of concept for missions elsewhere.
lildude52ca
well its not like its a bad thing
moricai
The secret is that less than 1% of that went into the flight, and 99% of it went to the engineers and scientists and mission planners.
lildude52ca
clearly. noone was questioning where the money went.
Hurro
Or the other 99% was getting the damn thing there.
RoymanHenryburg
Worth it
lildude52ca
absolutely is. the comment above never said it wasnt.