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Like a long range Ingenuity helicopter that cruised the planet using its downwash to revive old rovers ?
by danw1979 4y ago
Like a long range Ingenuity helicopter that cruised the planet using its downwash to revive old rovers ?
- phpnode 4y agoThis idea gets brought up in every thread about Insight's dust issues - there is not enough air pressure on Mars for the downwash to clean the panels. For Ingenuity specifically the problem is that it is also far too far away - it would take over ten years for the chopper to reach Insight.
- dwringer 4y agoAfter a few months I can't even blow all the dust off surfaces in my apartment. I can only imagine years outside on Mars.
- timdiggerm 4y agoDon't underestimate the size of a planet