Why NASA chose a ‘vanilla ice cream’ landing site on Mars for the InSight Lander

Sometimes, boring is best — and that’s certainly true when you’re trying to set a lander down on the surface of Mars, where any eventfulness is likely bad news. That’s why scientists carefully chose a flat, featureless expanse of the Red Planet called … Discuss

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