Guest Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Australian News quote: December 23, 2004 AN unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne carwash has boosted the performance of one of the two US rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said today. It said something - or someone - had regularly cleaned layers of dust from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night. OK, What the...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInSpace Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Australian News quote: December 23, 2004 AN unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne carwash has boosted the performance of one of the two US rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said today. It said something - or someone - had regularly cleaned layers of dust from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night. OK, What the...... Probably something as simple as the mars winds. I use aircans to clean my computer all the time making wind a wonderful cleaning tool. If it's a down draft blowing on the rover, there would be little dust in it while blowing the dust off the rovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: Probably something as simple as the mars winds. I use aircans to clean my computer all the time making wind a wonderful cleaning tool. If it's a down draft blowing on the rover, there would be little dust in it while blowing the dust off the rovers. Man LIS, you are no FUN at all...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInSpace Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Man LIS, you are no FUN at all...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenny87 Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Australian News quote: December 23, 2004 AN unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne carwash has boosted the performance of one of the two US rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said today. It said something - or someone - had regularly cleaned layers of dust from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night. OK, What the...... Probably something as simple as the mars winds. I use aircans to clean my computer all the time making wind a wonderful cleaning tool. If it's a down draft blowing on the rover, there would be little dust in it while blowing the dust off the rovers. That's what the evil alien's from Uranus want you to think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now