Perseverance and space lasers

I find this article fascinating. Especially the slow progress we make into making Mars missions more secure. Sending an object there used to be close to impossible. Now each mission brings a new piece to a network of communication which slowly improves the odds of the next one…

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8762/nasas-new-mars-rover-is-ready-for-space-lasers/

Credit : NASA/JPL-Caltech.