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'Something' Cleaning Mars Rover

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the interplanetary-rose-royce dept.

bluenirve writes "'Something' has been cleaning the solar panels of the Mars rover Opportunity. "NASA's Mars rover Opportunity seems to have stumbled into something akin to a carwash that has left its solar panels much cleaner than those of its twin rover, Spirit. A Martian carwash would account for a series of unexpected boosts in the electrical power produced by Opportunity's solar panels.""

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  1. Error... Someone sucks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. NASA Planning? by Fruvous · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You'd think that a multi-million dollar project would be able to produce something akin to a windshield wiper rather than just letting its little toy die and rust up there. Of course if it did start to rust that would mean there is water. Why is it that NASA seems to be relying on blind luck?

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    I saw stuff on this last month!

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