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Obligatory XKCD reference: https://xkcd.com/463/

In that case, couldn't they just coat the finger with the same stuff they're coating the 3D printed replica with? Actually, how are they getting around the RF issue?

I have to ask the morbid question, why couldn't they use the dead man's fingers directly?

Wouldn't it be awesome if future Mars science missions had a nice, constant landing platform they could design around? Like a new rover or stationary science base would just be "on…

Ars has really been getting into the whole Red Dragon mission this past week. I am very hopeful this is a sign of things to come. Namely a greater media focus on advances in space …

In the book it describes how the difficulty with the calculation came from the fact that they were continuously firing the spacecraft thrusters (it was some form of drive that used…