This one is useful, but seems to lean more towards Post Apoc than straight SF.
Here is something I would like to see: An unmanned one shot landing pod that is dropped from orbit in hundreds (thousands?) all over a planet that forms a supply cache and emergency shelter for geologists/explorers. For instance they could be dropped in a line 25 miles apart. What they might look like I am not sure, as thinking about it landing legs and retro rockets might be a waste....could be just a half buried capsule with a parachute...