The Facts
After over four years of collecting data and science on Mars, NASA’s InSight lander mission has come to an end according to the agency.
NASA had previously decided to declare the mission’s end if the lander missed two communication attempts, which has now happened.
The Spin
Narrative A
NASA’s InSight lander was a nice and useful machine that adequately did its job of collecting data on Mars, but the overreaction to its end has been overblown and borderline sad. At the end of the day, InSight was a neat machine that simply stopped working. There’s no need to make a big deal about the project’s end.
Narrative B
NASA’s InSight lander has been a great gift to the scientific community for over four years, and its end is like saying goodbye to a dear friend. InSight provided groundbreaking information that will inspire scientific discovery for generations.