To: BBell
Stalled because of a dust storm. What happens if the solar panels which fuel this thing are permanently covered with sand?
9 posted on
06/14/2018 5:18:39 PM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(Mother nature is a serial killer......)
To: Hot Tabasco
Hopefully there are onboard batteries that will last long enough to allow the rover to shake the sand off after the storm ends.
14 posted on
06/14/2018 5:21:08 PM PDT by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Hot Tabasco
You send Marvin over to brush his hat on it.
17 posted on
06/14/2018 5:23:50 PM PDT by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Hot Tabasco
According to the article these dust storms do not leave for than a fine layer of dust.
26 posted on
06/14/2018 5:49:02 PM PDT by
BBell
(not drinking, just a smart a$$)
To: Hot Tabasco; Menehune56
Interestingly, the dust storms have been found to be beneficial because their net effect it to clean the solar panels of the dust that accumulates between storms. It’s likely this unexpected benefit is the main reason the little rover far exceeded its expected operational lifespan.
42 posted on
06/14/2018 9:04:12 PM PDT by
mwilli20
(DJT, let's MAGA!)
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