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@tom30519
Yes, yes! Just put a small solar panel and a UHF beacon on the deck, and try to land it somewhere, nothing elaborate, just lower it on the ground vertically, even drop it from a low altitude. No debris littering the place, useful radio science done with almost zero cost.

That there hasn't been even one paper on UHF radio propagation in Jezero is very disappointing for me. Knowing how UHF propagation works *on the ground* will be very important from now on to every Mars mission.

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Tom Montgomery

@65dBnoise
And maybe add a windshield wiper to periodically clear off the solar panel.

Lessee, land the UHF-beacon-enhanced SkyCrane somewhere in the vicinity of where it crashed, add the same beacon setup to the Sample Return Lander and bingo, a major step towards precise location capability in Jezero. 😃

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