It was designed for a few months. On its 10-year anniversary, I think it's worthy of a news article.
Sure... not much to say, but then the article wasn't very long, either. A couple facts, and the rest was filled with pride and other light reporting, like the feature article that it is. I don't know much about journalism, but it wouldn't seem out of place next to a feature about a successful restauranteur or a dog that saved someone from drowning.
Is hard-hitting and just-the-facts the only acceptable form of journalism or something?
To me, this was at least worth the bits it was printed with. I'm glad to know that people still care enough to do something so well that they can launch it on a rocket, land it on another planet, and keep it running and sending data back to Earth for 10 years straight.
It was designed to, at an absolute minimum, with everything they could reasonably expect, work perfectly for 90 days. This is a bit of a different statement.
A strange point: so you're saying that because they designed it to last longer, that lasting longer is not as much of an accomplishment? Like the optimism of the engineers detracts from the results when that optimism is realized?
Regardless, it doesn't take away from my point. Getting something to work in that environment for a decade (I suppose I should specify that it's an Earth decade) is quite an accomplishment.
Let a few people feel a little pride of accomplishment. And let the rest of us feel inspired that such a feat is possible.
It was designed for a few months. On its 10-year anniversary, I think it's worthy of a news article.
Sure... not much to say, but then the article wasn't very long, either. A couple facts, and the rest was filled with pride and other light reporting, like the feature article that it is. I don't know much about journalism, but it wouldn't seem out of place next to a feature about a successful restauranteur or a dog that saved someone from drowning.
Is hard-hitting and just-the-facts the only acceptable form of journalism or something?
To me, this was at least worth the bits it was printed with. I'm glad to know that people still care enough to do something so well that they can launch it on a rocket, land it on another planet, and keep it running and sending data back to Earth for 10 years straight.