Most common assumption by outsiders is that they're happy that their many years of effort came to fruition, but I think a big part of is that they will be worki

Most common assumption by outsiders is that they're happy that their many years of effort came to fruition, but I think a big part of is that they will be working on this mission for the foreseeable future as you point out. They get to tell their kids I worked on this mission, it was successful and then we made the rover do X, Y and Z in the next few years.