Competition is good. Perhaps NASA will get more funding for Mars missions as a result of this. Everybody wins long-term. It's a shame that it takes a threat o

Competition is good. Perhaps NASA will get more funding for Mars missions as a result of this. Everybody wins long-term. It's a shame that it takes a threat of one-upmanship to get people off their asses rather than doing it for the sake of scientific endeavour, but that's human nature.