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electriclove · 2021-02-19 · Original thread
This guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ&t=1h41m36s

That is Rob Manning, an absolute legend! Here is an interview with him from a few years back: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/2280/rob-manning/

He also wrote this great book: https://www.amazon.com/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engin...

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