RichA wrote in
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On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 02:57:15 UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 1:48:16 AM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44090509

It is possible the guys working on it also had other duties.

Note that there were likely not as many people working on the
project as would be working at a drone manufacturer designing
their next product.

And this drone had to be super reliable, and it had to work in
the atmosphere of Mars, which, as the article noted, is a *lot*
less dense than that of Earth. (The article said 100x; I
thought it was more than that.)

John Savard

So why not contract a drone mfg instead of (likely) spending $20
for every $1 the experienced manufacturer would? Isn't that
what Space-X is all about?

If you $20 drone doesn't work, you climb a tree to retrieve it, or
spend another $20. If your $100 million drone doesn't work, you ask
Congress for another $100 million, and they laugh at you.

Dumbass.

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