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Originally Posted by ahecht
Truely a shame. The AIAA chapter here at WPI was watching the whole thing live, and were shocked by how non-plussed the commentators and mission control people were during the whole thing. We didn't even realize anything had gone wrong until they showed the show of it imbedded in the ground.
NBC News had the best line about the mission: they said the probe should've been named Icarus, after the man who flew close to the sun and then crashed to earth.
By the way, am I the only one who thinks that this picture would be great for the UFO conspiracy nuts?
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No you are not!
This is yet another screw up by NASA. What I don't understand is how in the universe would NASA be able to plant 2 rovers on Mars, a planet we know just a little about, and NOT be able to land safely a small capsule with solar data on it on this very Earth? It's the planet we live on. It just seems obsurd.