A while back, NASA''s Insight Lander got into a bit of trouble on mars. The soil on mars was a bit "clumpier" than expected and their drill probe got stuck. The logical solution was to get Insight to whack it with a shovel. Miraculously, it worked.


    Although it could be considered as a last resort and very risky maneuver, they actually spent a few months running simulations before the actual attempt that took place a few weeks ago.


    So NASA was busy simulating shovels whacks for an extraordinarily long period of time...


    simulating shovel whacks...