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by vlovich123 585 days ago
It’s not risking the entire mission. Just the part the camera is should be risked. And from that perspective attach a camera to each thing you do and you’ve got a good shot of it working most of the time rather than spending outsized amount of resources to guarantee success. This is very similar to how SpaceX does rockets by the way so even if the cameras are useless you have a good shot at learning more things.
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The $1m isn’t for the mission

Think of it another way, would you pay $99 for a camera which will work or $97 for a camera which might work.