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user-inactivated · 1587 days ago · link · · parent · post: NASA's Mars Lander 'Mole' Is Digging Again as Marsquake Mystery Baffles Scientists
Mumbemumble years of government tech projects, though not nearly as interesting as NASA, says someone who worked on the project when they started out at NASA moved up the chain, and it remained their pet project. At some point you just let the PHBs have their thing even if it's stupid, because they have enough clout to be an even bigger pain in your ass than doing the stupid thing will be. If you're lucky letting them have the stupid thing will get rid of both the stupid project and the PHB.