"our" denotes ownership, with the object often omitted by ellipsis, as it would be tedious to say "our spacecraft's velocity"
so it's only misleading to those who aren't smart enough to realise those in the control room are the owners of the rover.
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cumquat may will now guess the date while blindfolded. Is it, Tue 23 Feb 2021, 9:58,
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