/sci/ - Science & Math

>>14683738
>>14683759
Even better:
>billions on mars mission
>collect samples
>strew them about your path for a return mission that will never happen, pray they aren't buried (they will be)
>if it did happen, it will now need a $700 gorillion dollar robot to travel and collect and load samples
>into a massive self contained launch platform
>into SRB rocket
>into a free floating soccer ball
>into a satellite
>into a pod
>into deep space

Maybe the real sample were the contractors we met along the way