Yes, the teaser picture is entirely manipluative. That’s what makes it so funny. It’s probably the perfect answer to the bleatings of those on the wrong end of reality that “science has an agenda of its own” or that a person “has faith” in science the same way that a religious person “has faith” in their religion.
Hat tip, of course, to The Thinking Atheist, whose videos are always pure quality.
Many people take it for granted, but the fact that we have explored the surface of another planet, even robotically, is staggeringly impressive in the history of man. It still sometimes gives me goose bumps when I think of it.