While SpaceX says it will not attempt to land the Falcon 9 booster again, there remains the possibility that Musk's company will use the expendable flight to further test landing technologies. (cnbc.com)
But the Schiaparelli lander, a testbed for future landing technologies, is missing in action. (sciencemag.org)
Because it was chiefly meant to demonstrate landing technology rather than perform science on the surface, the lander runs solely on chemical batteries that only contain a few days» worth of power. (scientificamerican.com)