I also don't see why they are waiting so long to do the flight, why risk even waiting until nightfall for the batteries to get too cold or for dust to get into the electronics/mechanics?
An amazing one. Most of driving along at 1MPH on a barren landscape is incredibly boring, but...
https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg?t=10
> I also don't see why they are waiting so long to do the flight
Because there's a couple dozen steps that are each irrevocable involved in uncovering, unfolding, deploying, and then flying this thing... and that they want to make sure everything is perfect between each one and that comms still worked before cutting umbilicals, etc, because you can't just plug it back in.
Maybe, just maybe, the domain experts involved know something you don't. Just a theory.
Or perhaps there are regional variants of English where this is a normal way to ask a question. There are probably lots of idioms that work in one area but would be offensive in another, and it's not always easy to predict.