Mars InSight: why we'll be listening to the landing of the Perseverance rover

A hovering, rocket-powered Skycrane will lower Perseverance to Mars' surface today. And although NASA once considered the idea too wild, eventually, former NASA administrator Mike Griffin said, “I still think it’s crazy, but it might be crazy enough to work. It might be the right kind of crazy.”

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