/sci/ - Science & Math

So you know how the phoenix lander's exhaust plume might have unearthed some ice? And you know how spacex wants to land near buried ice? What if starship's exhaust plume ends up excavating some ice? Well you see water ice ain't stable at martian temperature and pressure, so it sublimates away. Perhaps if starship excavates away too much dirt and exposes the underlying ice enough of it could sublimate away to topple it over? Like we get a sinkhole from the ice sublimating away.