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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Is Unique. And So Is Its Paint Job.
Space.com ^ | | January 4, 2019 11:02am ET | Kasandra Brabaw,

Posted on 01/05/2019 9:27:33 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

I think it has a Laser so it can hear the sounds it makes when it shoots rocks


21 posted on 01/05/2019 11:29:35 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

I think it has a Laser so it can hear the sounds it makes when it shoots rocks

should be microphone in there someplace ,LOL cats


22 posted on 01/05/2019 11:31:23 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


23 posted on 01/05/2019 11:32:11 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: TalBlack

In order to prevent corrosion or oxidation (essentially, rust), “””

Welp, I spoke too damn soon...

WHO THE HELL IS THIS ARTICLE WRITTEN FOR!!!???
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A VERY broad spectrum of people. Including early grade school.


24 posted on 01/05/2019 11:45:59 AM PST by Reynoldo
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To: moovova

I wished I had the patience and artistic ability for autobody.

If I can’t use a can of Krylon or Rustoleum, I’ve got no business painting.

When I can, I get stuff powdercoated.

Powder for the long languishing CJ7 will be here next week.


25 posted on 01/05/2019 12:31:00 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: BenLurkin

Dang! If only this coupon hadn't expired!

26 posted on 01/05/2019 12:57:26 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Libloather

I win the powerball, my decrepit and languishing K5 would go there.


27 posted on 01/05/2019 2:56:18 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: wally_bert

To Mars? In that thing? The pooch will just need to hold it in for awhile.


28 posted on 01/05/2019 4:24:08 PM PST by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question the question?- name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: outofsalt

The silver package - remove all paint?


29 posted on 01/05/2019 4:26:38 PM PST by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question the question?- name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: Libloather

Fantomworks is closer and somewhat affordable.


30 posted on 01/05/2019 4:27:35 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: wally_bert

Very neat. I like some of the cars they have in the background - as if they’ve been working on them. No idea.


31 posted on 01/05/2019 4:29:43 PM PST by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question the question?- name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: webheart

Rust is a colour, not a condition.

The correct term for corrosion would be oxidation, if the metal would. Nor that the goofs care, they hasrd to explain what a chassis is for their audience.

As a side note, I have to wonder if the rover life span will be ocsd enough to matter in case it did experience corrosion, the rovers of the moon were not painted/ coated and they worked just fine.


32 posted on 01/05/2019 6:23:28 PM PST by Oil Object Insp
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. By the time it flies, it'll be an overpriced pork barrel project, even more than it already is.

33 posted on 01/05/2019 6:35:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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"You can find the masking tape we used on 2020 in just about any hardware store," Ryan van Schilifgaarde, a support engineer for Mars 2020 assembly, said in the statement.
That's both folksy, and economical! Doesn't that sound great?
"But whereas you would probably tear off a strip with your hands and eyeball it onto the wall you wanted to paint in your house, we use a computer-controlled cutter to make sure each piece is exactly the size and shape we want it to be."

34 posted on 01/05/2019 6:53:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: wally_bert

“If I can’t use a can of Krylon or Rustoleum...”

I’ve gotten pretty good with a rattlecan, myself.


35 posted on 01/07/2019 4:44:17 PM PST by moovova
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