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		aero-glide2 on Aug 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JPL's Plan for the Next Mars Helicopter I disagree, it just shows that NASA was willing to take more risks/ fail-fast approach. "if you aren't failing you're not trying hard enough".

ncmncm on Aug 11, 2021 [–]

That is very far from the sort of risk they mean. Incompetence is never the place to squander your risk budget. There is plenty of competence on the ground, and it is not slower.

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