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> In theory, you could use this heat energy to do work—that's how the Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity are powered. They're powered by bananas. Got it.
by orangepanda 4y ago
> In theory, you could use this heat energy to do work—that's how the Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity are powered.
They're powered by bananas. Got it.
- bell-cot 4y agoHence their limited service lives. Mars is too cold and dry to grow more bananas for the rovers.
- ghostbrainalpha 4y agoCould the rovers be constructed to utilize power generated from the infinite supply of fruit flies that the rotting bananas would produce rather than the bananas themselves?