Clear covers though, in case they didn't pop off as expected. Clever! Somewhat related, and perhaps my favorite facepalm moment in space probe history: "...th

Clear covers though, in case they didn't pop off as expected. Clever! Somewhat related, and perhaps my favorite facepalm moment in space probe history: "...the titanium lens cap on Venera 14 landed precisely on the area which was targeted by the soil compression probe." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera#Venera_camera_failures_and_success http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera#Venera_camera_failures_a...)