"Emmanuel.Gustin" wrote in message
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Stephen Harding wrote:

Wasn't the rover about to attack 'an interesting geological
feature' when it failed? So it would be legitimate self-defence,
or at worst a legitimate pre-emptive strike...

A much more likely source of failure is the lack of EEs at NASA, as outlined
in the Shuttle crash investigation board report. Until the areo mafia is
rooted out of NASA, there can be no forward movement. Aero's havn't
controlled a successful aerospace company since the 1970s, as it has been
all EE since then.