Comment Re:Bittersweet indeed (Score 1) 205
I still know people (through my brother), working on MSL, the next rover. They are still doing cool stuff, but all the oversight and funding debates don't help things. Plus internally it sounded like every project is a massive political game for people to work on what they want to work on, or to work on things that are rewarding.
More and more it sounded like they are also contracting parts of missions to private companies, Boeing for this, some tool manufacturer for that, an instrument company for this sensor, etc. If you can work at one of those companies you get to do the same stuff without the headaches.