This has come as an unprecedented shock to the public, most of whom were unaware that Europe has a space agency. In addition, it’s also pretty cool that there was once a river on Mars.

However, you may be asking yourself “Isn’t NASA the one covering the surface of Mars with adorable, dust-scooping, rock scanning robots? Why are they still futzing around with drills and spectroscopy if the ESA has already figured out where J’onn J’onnz went innertubing?”

If you’re asking yourself this, welcome to the Internet! You’re obviously new here. There are some funny pictures of cats here, also nobody in Africa actually wants to give you free money. Or anywhere else, for that matter.