Mars Landing

Ken Edgett, Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) principal investigator, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, describes the first color view of the north wall and rim of Gale Crater where NASA’s rover Curiosity landed Sunday night, during a news briefing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday. The picture displayed was taken by the rover’s camera at the end of its stowed robotic arm and appears fuzzy because of dust on the camera’s cover. Story here. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Question: If gummint never does anything right, how come NASA dropped a rover on Mars?