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cgod · 2959 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images the ESA's Schiaparelli lander's crash site.
It's ridiculous and a little petty of me but I feel some kind off national pride that the U.S. is the only nation that has thus far been able to successfully land operative scientific equipment on Mars (as if I had anything to do with it). The United States holds the record with an operating rover lasting 12 years and counting. The next best us Russia, who had a lander last for 15 seconds before going dark. In truth any planetary science benefits us all and I feel super bad for the scientist and engineers have worked their entire professional careers to get more scientific instruments on Mars. The loss of any of these crafts is an unfortunate set back for all of mankind.