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Mars Winds Clean Spirit's Solar Panels Again

Posted by timothy on from the like-mom-making-the-bed dept.

Titoxd writes "In a blast from the past, NASA reports that Spirit's solar panels have received a much-needed cleaning courtesy of the Red Planet. The report states, 'The cleaning boosts Spirit's daily energy supply by about 30 watt-hours, to about 240 watt-hours from 210 watt-hours. The rover uses about 180 watt-hours per day for basic survival and communications, so this increase roughly doubles the amount of discretionary power for activities such as driving and using instruments.'"

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  1. Re:Next time . . . by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you for responding to the first half of my post with a simplified version of the second half of my post.

    Our posts weren't completely identical. There's a little nuance there that's actually quite important. Oh well.

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    "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)