I was wondering about the parachute's color pattern.
The red and white, was it random? Did it have to do with how it was folded? Or show how it unfurled? You don't make something that big without thinking everything out.
It was a message:
https://boingboing.net/2021/02/23/nasa-hid-an-easter-egg-in-the-parachute-for-perseverance.html
Geeks are cool.