"uhhh..."
"It's okay, I'll just change it up a little bit so it doesn't look like a 1:1 copy of Spirit and Opportunity"
https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-tianwen-1-enters-mars-orbit/a-5...
More seriously, there's probably only so many valid 6-wheeled rocker bogey suspension type rover designs that are possible, but the resemblance is uncanny. NASA also likely spent a lot of time studying photos of the Soviet Lunokhod rovers.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
Then the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Then they put a dog in space. Then they put a man in space. And the narrative changed.
Our german rocket scientists are better than your german rocket scientists! Operation paperclip, and all that.
It's one sin to steal; it a bigger sin to not use what you have efficiently.
1. https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/rockets_people_vol1_deta...
This multi-channel telemetry was enabler; Soviets followed the same approach as SpaceX is doing: lot of launches, lots of explosions and learning something every time.
It was telemetry from the German team that allowed this approach to happen.
In a sense, printf-style debugging was used before it became prevalent in computers.
If resemblance is a proof of copying, then we probably should point to all the other stuffs than advanced space technology.