Some of the first photos coming back are incredible. https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere Check out the holes in those rocks
I still dont get what is useful about this. It is very, very cool and huge accomplishment. But let's say there were insects on mars. Now what? I truly don't know. I'm not against space exploration, but unless we find actual "intelligent" life (which we won't), whats the purpose? Bragging rights?