On topic of blasting telescopes out to distant worlds, has anyone considered ramming a telescope on such a world?
Some of our system's planets, I assume, are rocky or icy, and have high surface-gravity. I'd not recommend this for - say - Mercury or Mars. But we've had suggestions to skate craft into the fine regolith of our own Moon.
Into an icier world I am unsure. Would the skates rip the underside of the craft? What about melt and refreeze?
I am looking particularly at the Plutinos (including Pluto) and at Triton. We know two of them own nitrogen snow and I suspect similar for Orcus and the rest. I think these should present a softer (and denser) floor.
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