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Re:InSight's Final Selfie by ffhhj on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:48PM (#31511827)
Maybe a series of thin plastic layers that can be pulled inside a container every few months, sort of a carpet-umbrella.
Re:InSight's Final Selfie by bigiain on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:44PM (#31512853)
Motorcycle racers use "tear aways" on their helmet visors. Thin plastic sheets that they can tear off and throw away when the visor gets too dirty.

(Not sure I'd want to deploy a system that intentionally litters single use plastics onto pristine planets though. We're already the species who spent way too long tossing old-fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam cheeseburger containers out of 1967 Cadillac Eldorado Convertibles with whale-skin hubcaps getting 1mpg doing 110mph down the freeway...)

Re:InSight's Final Selfie by Hallucinaut on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:10PM (#31513046)
I mean, the alternative is littering dead rovers, so a little plastic sheet doesn't sound as bad
Re:InSight's Final Selfie by bigiain on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:39PM (#31513240)
Arguably at least there's good purpose behind those...

<tin foil hat>And after all, they left the Pyramids and Stonehenge behind here, right???

Re:InSight's Final Selfie by sokoloff on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:02PM (#31512988)
Might be able to use something like a toner transfer belt/blanket in a laser printer, with brushes and/or electrostatics to clean the belt as it cycles in a loop.
Re:InSight's Final Selfie by dylan604 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:27PM (#31513155)
Make it a cellophane type of substance that will dissolve in wate...oops. ;P