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10 years in service on orbit around mars, which is 10 times the original design lifetime. Impressive even by NASA political-engineering standards.
by datadrivenangel 3y ago
10 years in service on orbit around mars, which is 10 times the original design lifetime. Impressive even by NASA political-engineering standards.
- brnt 3y agoIt's an ESA spacecraft?
- dylan604 3y agoIt can still be impressive by NASA standards even if it is an ESA mission (even though, I'm guessing it was an honest bit of confusion).
- jimbobthrowawy 3y agoThe reason they put "express" in the name is pretty impressive too. Putting together the spacecraft for the mission was very quick and cheap. (relatively) I think because they had the satellite bus left over as a spare from another mission.