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It may even be "plebeian" to ask questions about the technical features of a data collection instrument named "Curiosity". I should have been an aristocrat inst
by EternalFury 14y ago
It may even be "plebeian" to ask questions about the technical features of a data collection instrument named "Curiosity". I should have been an aristocrat instead of an engineer ; I could marvel at everything wrapped in the bliss of my ignorance.
And for the record, I think it is amazing and wonderful to receive these images. I am so thankful for that.
But, for a data collection instrument that cost $2.6 billion to build, I cannot conceal my very personal feeling that an opportunity was missed.
- monkeytaco 14y agoThe $2.6 billion price tag is not just for the rover, it includes R&D for the rover itself, employee salaries, Sky Crane & parachute R&D as well as the rocket to launch it, which cost over $100 million. Also included in the budget is funding needed for all of the science teams to do what they do over the next few years while the rover does experiments.
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- wlievens 14y agoThe rover has been there for only a few days. They probably even haven't turned most of its instruments on!