Once again scientists miss the entire point. It is about marketing and making people interested.
It makes it easier when you go back five years later and ask for more money if people can see the multi-million dollar toy they paid for.
It makes it easier when you go back five years later and ask for more money if people can see the multi-million dollar toy they paid for.
Likewise, for Voyager/Cassini/Huygens/etc? Don't remember any selfies from those. We merely had to settle for the spectacular, never-before-seen images of other worlds. Guess they were failures. :-(
Secondly, do we collectively as smart people honestly care what the ivermectin crowd thinks about exploring the cosmos?