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Originally posted by Digo
The Pathfinder landed on Mars inside a pyramid that would always be with the robot's base side on the floor after bouncing.
Maybe its creator didn't want us to have such an easy solution for this problem. 
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Actually, Pathfinder wasn't guaranteed to land base down after the bounce. It was self righting, though. If the base didn't start out on the bottom, then when the pyramid opened like a flower, it was guaranteed to end up that way.