I'll start the list: 1) New site to explore. 2) Site appears to have been underwater at one time. 3) Lander can do more science. 4) Lander has much better vision. 5) It moves (we'll be able to see what on the other side of the rocks). 6) We did it! Patrick Chris Clark wrote:
What am I missing?: Why are all these NASA folks so hyper-excited about this lander? Yes, it's cool that Spirit is safely sitting on Mars--and sending back neat pictures--but haven't we been "here" before? (Viking 1 and 2, nearly 30 years ago)
Are all these hyper-excited NASA folks simply too young to remember that this has all been done before--and the first time 'round it was done with "30 year old" technology, no less? (now _that_ was something to get excited about) :-)
There must be many good reason(s) why the NASA folks are acting as if they've done something miraculous and ground-breaking here, but in my ignorance I don't know what those reasons might be. Can y'all gently help me understand what all the rah-rah'ing is about?.