0h01m52s11f NoMusic - Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Rube Goldberg Curiosity Mars landing. TR2016a
Channel: Thorium Remix
Date: 2017-05-20

http://ThoriumRemix.com/ Zero, and liftoff of the Atlas 5 with Curiosity.

Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson:
It had, like, heat shields and a hyper-sonic drogue chute. I said this is not going to work. Retro-rockets and then a hoist. It was something Rube Goldberg would have designed. An SUV sized rover was plunked down on Mars.