Curiosity (rover) no chance of obtaining funds in Europe, at that time, of the scale previously considered necessary for a Mars rover, so the team used innovative methods to reduce the cost to less than 4% of the cost of the "Curiosity" mission. They also had only one shot, with no funding for repeat missions (it was named "Beagle 2" as a successor to , not to an earlier rover). It was considered a large risk, and, although "Beagle 2" did successfully survive its entry, descent, and landing, incomplete deployment of the solar panels hampered communication back to Earth. The team has
Welcome to Curiosity budget was raised in three rounds of equity crowdfunding by producers Ben Pickering and Darren Ripley. Welcome to Curiosity Welcome to Curiosity is a British crime thriller starring Amrita Acharia, Jack Ashton, Richard Blackwood, Kacey Clarke, Lili Bordán, Stephen Marcus and Finn Corney. It is the second feature of British director Ben Pickering and is the world’s first film to have raised its entire production budget through equity crowdfunding. Principal photography began on 29 April 2014 and concluded on 31 October 2014. Filmed on location in Cornwall, Kent and London. Prominent locations included Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station on Cornwall’s Lizard