<story><title>After losing contact with its helicopter, NASA put the Mars mission on hold</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/after-an-amazing-run-on-mars-nasas-helicopter-faces-a-long-dark-winter/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>varispeed</author><text></text></item><item><author>geocrasher</author><text>The amount of absolutely &lt;i&gt;insane&lt;/i&gt; engineering that happens on these mission is outstanding all on its own- then you go and add stunts like this, and it makes you realize something: The folks doing this stuff are just like the rest of us. They&amp;#x27;re hackers, but they have billion dollar stuff to hack on. And, they&amp;#x27;re likely far better at it than the rest of us. Still, we&amp;#x27;re cut from the same cloth. Love it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>randrews</author><text>Why is it whenever someone says something unifying and wholesome like gp, someone like you isn&amp;#x27;t too far behind to remind everyone to feel bad about themselves?</text></comment>
<story><title>After losing contact with its helicopter, NASA put the Mars mission on hold</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/after-an-amazing-run-on-mars-nasas-helicopter-faces-a-long-dark-winter/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>varispeed</author><text></text></item><item><author>geocrasher</author><text>The amount of absolutely &lt;i&gt;insane&lt;/i&gt; engineering that happens on these mission is outstanding all on its own- then you go and add stunts like this, and it makes you realize something: The folks doing this stuff are just like the rest of us. They&amp;#x27;re hackers, but they have billion dollar stuff to hack on. And, they&amp;#x27;re likely far better at it than the rest of us. Still, we&amp;#x27;re cut from the same cloth. Love it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jacquesm</author><text>I did just that. A screwdriver was my soldering iron, I recycled the solder and the rest of the parts from circuit boards salvaged from old electronics found in the garbage. Electronics can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be, and there is a small chance that you will learn faster at the ultra-cheap end because you are essentially reverse engineering all kinds of stuff.</text></comment>