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25 May it will parachute down and at the last moment let go the chute and use retrorockets
it will not land on the polar icecap itself but on a level plain where they think there is ice a foot or so down below surface
it has a digging tool so it can dig down and take samples from the presumed ice layer and also sample the SOIL immediately beneath the ice---which is of special interest because of its exposure to water.
onboard chemical analysis
25 May it will parachute down and at the last moment let go the chute and use retrorockets
it will not land on the polar icecap itself but on a level plain where they think there is ice a foot or so down below surface
it has a digging tool so it can dig down and take samples from the presumed ice layer and also sample the SOIL immediately beneath the ice---which is of special interest because of its exposure to water.
onboard chemical analysis