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> the panels weren't as dust-caked as was expected Common, this is such a lousy excuse. If dust was a big problem I'm pretty sure they would have designed a du

• gallamine 13y ago
  Such as what, exactly? I'm sure it was considered, but it's not that simple. Would it involve air blasts? Liquid? A squeegee? The sand/dust content wasn't exactly known so a scraping motion would potentially scratch the glass surface and make things worse. Compressed air would take a tremendous amount of energy to compress and a liquid is heavy.
• MrZongle2 13y ago
  It was considered. Weight is a huge factor, and when the features were triaged it was dropped.