Superman: I’d like to land a strictly non-Aryan sock to your jaw, but there’s no time for that! You’re coming with me while I visit a certain pal of yours.
Nazi (presumably Hitler): Put me down! You’re hurting me!
Once a year, giant robots from outer space come to Earth and bond with young cadets from the elite Sky Corps Academy to defend the world from the terrifying aliens known as the Sharg. It’s a great honor to be chosen, but this year…well, the wrong kid was picked.
If you were born on or after July 4, 1997, there has been a NASA robot on Mars every day of your life.
In the 20 years since Pathfinder’s touchdown, eight other NASA landers and orbiters have arrived successfully, and not a day has passed without the United States having at least one active robot on Mars or in orbit around Mars.
