A rover can not write you a journal log or a poem about the last Martian sunset it watched before getting in its ship and coming back home, melancholy to leave but looking forward to seeing its family after years away.

April 11, 2026 - 02:31 UTC

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yo when the NASA lady on the stream said that the astronauts have 'returned to their home planet' i started hooting and hollering.
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Also an astronaut can do more science on site in a day than a rover can do in a month.
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we have spent millennia perfecting "pick up rock" ☺️
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