>why not skip testing? The article did mention that instruments on the lander would be removed and repurposed for other missions, so I guess they wanted to sav

>why not skip testing? The article did mention that instruments on the lander would be removed and repurposed for other missions, so I guess they wanted to save money there instead of sending the lander as-is with a high probability of it not functioning at all, and all the hardware being a total waste.