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by zymhan 3527 days ago
No, but given the short lifespan of these things due to radiation, literally other-wordly conditions, and the fact that you can never repair it, the fact that a rover on Mars can last a decade is a technical marvel.

You also have to pre-program the entire flight and find out half an hour later if your parachutes and retro-rockets deployed, or you made a relatively small crater.