Mars Landing tonight

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

why do they get so excited? 40 years ago they did much more difficult landings and takeoffs on the moon. now they do hi fives simply to crash land?

Maybe working a project for 15 years has something
to do with it.

It has to come down intact to get
information from the probes. We have learned
so much more from these missions than sending
people up which is infinitely more expensive
and not nearly as productive in gathering
information.