Mars Landing tonight

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Maybe working a project for 15 years has something
to do with it.

It has to come down intact to get
information from the probes. We have learned
so much more from these missions than sending
people up which is infinitely more expensive
and not nearly as productive in gathering
information.

less productive yes, but it has to be more difficult to land and takeoff upright flawlessly over and over like they did on the moon. it seems to me that it takes us longer now to do simpler things.