It's great to see our youth pushing the envelope of privatized space exploration. When your project is living on a shoestring, it's amazing to see how that constraint can really drive innovative engineering. It's like back in the day when computers only had 16K of RAM (or less) and you had to fit all of your code into a tight and efficient bundle.
Student-Led 'Time Capsule to Mars' Funding $25M Mission by Flying Photos