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Do it like horse race jockeys, who wear multiple pairs of goggles on top of each other, and just rip off the top one when it gets muddy. So, layers of Mylar an

• jcims 4y ago
  I always wanted to get Oakely tearoffs for riding dirtbikes as a kid, but i had to put all of my money into keeping the thing running. xD I imagine there are people on this planet that could spend an entire day transfixing you with a conversation on the physical phenomena of dust collecting on solar panels on Mars. Why it happens, what's unique about the environment, what isn't. What's been tried, what will be tried next, why the current configuration was chosen vs others that might have better or worse results, what breakthroughs in materials science might make the whole thing go away, etc etc etc. Aircraft on Mars are obviously always going to be very weight constrained. I wonder if some of the microwave power transfer tech could be used to reduce the cycle time and help in situations like this. Maybe when we can start getting multi kW generators and/or fixed solar arrays on the planet it will start to make more sense.
• rtkwe 4y ago
  The tricky part is the helicopter is already one the edge of being able to fly because of the thin atmosphere and that would put more weight and it would be up high above the rotors.
• DonHopkins 4y ago
  Kind of like how Martians have enormous lower lips, which when they're startled, they can extend out in front of themselves and thrust up into the air, to hide their big eyes behind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ