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That's a really clever solution. I wonder why they haven't deployed this on the Mars rover solar panels?
by pengaru 4y ago
That's a really clever solution. I wonder why they haven't deployed this on the Mars rover solar panels?
- johnwalkr 4y agoMars has windstorms that eventually clear away most of the dust.
- pengaru 4y agoorly? https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mars-lander-losing-power-dust-solar-panels/story?id=84805112 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mars-lander-losing-power-d...
- primax 4y agoAfter lasting over double it's original planned mission duration. Once you get that far out finding more science for a lander (not a rover) to do is hard.
- pengaru 4y ago> After lasting over double it's original planned mission duration. Once you get that far out finding more science for a lander (not a rover) to do is hard. That's entirely orthogonal to whether the wind storms eventually clear dust from the panels. The linked article makes it pretty clear that the opposite is true; eventually the panels are completely obscured by dust, not cleared.
- pkaye 4y agoMars rovers now use RTGs.