And what have we learned from the 67 hops going 10 miles? Any videos of the flights? Seems like an expensive government toy with no results or research purpose.
Any videos?
Yes. Check out NASA’s and JPL’s webpages.
Research purpose is primarily proof of concept, and secondarily greater imaging area coverage than it accompanying rover can collect.
It’s proven technically feasible to fly in Mars’ atmosphere. Sending larger, more capable aircraft is a technically reasonable thing to do.