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This has probably been brought up a bit before, but with the new water code in 1.05 I started to think about how cool it would be to give a bit of the physics treatment to other surfaces- sandy surfaces like Duna or Kerbin's deserts would cause landers to sink a bit when landing, making it difficult to stand them straight up/take a bit more dV for the initial launch portion- also Rovers would need a bit more power to move. The icy planes of Minmus would cause craft to slide around, you could have muddy/swampy flats that could absolutely strand a vessel, hard rocky surfaces that could be a bit more rough on gear, etc. Obviously planets could have safer zones (or not), but it could add some fun drama to the landing/exploration process. I have to think it wouldn't be much of a stretch to adapt the current water code to make this happen- I wonder if even mod-level code could do this

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