Actually, I remember reading an English language "how to handle a Soyuz capsule landing in your backyard" manual, IIRC it was published somewhere on nasaspaceflight . It was written in such a manner that it could be given out to local administration, should the capsule land in an unplanned area by accident.

Nevertheless, it was quite an interesting read - how to help the cosmonauts open the capsule with a special wrench mounted on the outside of the capsule, to watch out for automatically deployed boom antennas, etc.

Looks like the manual is also included in this article: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=815

I remember reading some reply from the designers to the issue of solar panel wipers. IIRC they thought about it but it would be too heavy, could scratch the panels and would have many moving components and motors that could easily break down. Also, it seems that Martian sand devils do the job just fine. :)

Skynet ? :)

Well, I have an old 2005 candy-bar Nokia for that, and my N900 for the rest. :)

So SHR and GTA04 might be the future after all ! :)