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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. I know what did it by __aamcgs2220 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It was the Linux-powered orbiting brain lasers that cleaned the solar panels. See? Linux rocks!

  2. Re:look at me my parent is a FUCKING GENIUS by Netsnipe · · Score: 0, Troll
    For serious, who keeps modding this shit up?
    In Korea, only old people mod this shit up.
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