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Before Ingenuity ever landed on Mars, scientists almost managed to kill it (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Because he didn't believe JPL could deliver on time, Zurbuchen farmed out the development of the deployment mechanism to Lockheed Martin. (The aerospace contractor delivered precisely what was needed on schedule and budget).

Well, now I know what caused the world to almost end in 2019

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