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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Mars Rover.... Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:13pm Who Keeps cleaning the Rovers Solar Panels? one minute the Rover dies, and hours, days, months later the Rover fires back into life with the cleanest Solar Panels you've ever seen... like WTF?
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39513 Gender:	Re: Mars Rover.... Reply #1 - Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:14pm The Mars Rover Solar Panel Cleaning Angel.
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Mars Rover.... Reply #2 - Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:15pm
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Mars Rover.... Reply #3 - Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:18pm
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Mars Rover.... Reply #4 - Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:20pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:14pm: The Mars Rover Solar Panel Cleaning Angel. Angels of Fairies? like the Spew Fairies that chuck diced carrot in your spew while your eyes are closed while you are spewing your guts up...
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Re: Mars Rover....
Reply #5 - Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:32pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:20pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:14pm:

The Mars Rover Solar Panel Cleaning Angel.

Wink

Angels of Fairies?

like the Spew Fairies that chuck diced carrot in your spew while your eyes are closed while you are spewing your guts up... Undecided

hahahah - thought you would like that one.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Mars Rover.... Reply #6 - Jan 6^th, 2018 at 10:00am I never cease to be awed by the Rovers and by the Voyagers. Nothing wrong with American engineering and inventiveness.
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Reply #7 - Jan 7^th, 2018 at 10:57am

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:13pm:

Who Keeps cleaning the Rovers Solar Panels?

one minute the Rover dies, and hours, days, months later the Rover fires back into life with the cleanest Solar Panels you've ever seen...

like WTF?

Google is your friend Mechanic

A cleaning event is a phenomenon whereby dust is removed from solar panels, particularly ones on Mars, by the action of wind. The term cleaning event is used on several NASA webpages; generally the term is used in reference to the fact that Martian winds have blown dust clear off the solar panels of probes on Mars increasing their energy output.

The term started being used in 2004 as the Mars Exploration Rovers' (MER) solar panels started to benefit from these events. The rovers were expected to last about 90 sols (Martian days) on Mars, after which dust would cover their solar panels and reduce solar power to levels too low for the rovers to operate. However, power levels went back up due to the cleaning events caused by the winds in the Martian atmosphere. Periodic cleaning events have allowed the MERs to operate far longer than the planned 3 months. While Spirit rover finally ceased operation in 2011, Opportunity rover remains active as of 2017, more than 13 years after landing.

Cleaning events can either be rapid, such as overnight, or over many days where solar power slowly goes up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event

So it is nothing more than Martian wind

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Reply #8 - Jan 11^th, 2018 at 10:26am

The_Barnacle wrote on Jan 7^th, 2018 at 10:57am:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:13pm:

Who Keeps cleaning the Rovers Solar Panels?

one minute the Rover dies, and hours, days, months later the Rover fires back into life with the cleanest Solar Panels you've ever seen...

like WTF?

Google is your friend Mechanic

A cleaning event is a phenomenon whereby dust is removed from solar panels, particularly ones on Mars, by the action of wind. The term cleaning event is used on several NASA webpages; generally the term is used in reference to the fact that Martian winds have blown dust clear off the solar panels of probes on Mars increasing their energy output.

The term started being used in 2004 as the Mars Exploration Rovers' (MER) solar panels started to benefit from these events. The rovers were expected to last about 90 sols (Martian days) on Mars, after which dust would cover their solar panels and reduce solar power to levels too low for the rovers to operate. However, power levels went back up due to the cleaning events caused by the winds in the Martian atmosphere. Periodic cleaning events have allowed the MERs to operate far longer than the planned 3 months. While Spirit rover finally ceased operation in 2011, Opportunity rover remains active as of 2017, more than 13 years after landing.

Cleaning events can either be rapid, such as overnight, or over many days where solar power slowly goes up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event

So it is nothing more than Martian wind

You've given an honest answer to a question that was surely just a troll right? Nobody is that stupid right?

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The_Barnacle Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6205 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Mars Rover.... Reply #9 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 11:59am SadKangaroo wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 10:26am: You've given an honest answer to a question that was surely just a troll right? Nobody is that stupid right? It wasn't a troll Mechanic thinks the moon landings were faked. I'm sure he was implying that the Mars rovers are faked too.
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Re: Mars Rover....
Reply #10 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 12:27pm

The_Barnacle wrote on Jan 7^th, 2018 at 10:57am:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 4^th, 2018 at 9:13pm:

Who Keeps cleaning the Rovers Solar Panels?

one minute the Rover dies, and hours, days, months later the Rover fires back into life with the cleanest Solar Panels you've ever seen...

like WTF?

Google is your friend Mechanic

A cleaning event is a phenomenon whereby dust is removed from solar panels, particularly ones on Mars, by the action of wind. The term cleaning event is used on several NASA webpages; generally the term is used in reference to the fact that Martian winds have blown dust clear off the solar panels of probes on Mars increasing their energy output.

The term started being used in 2004 as the Mars Exploration Rovers' (MER) solar panels started to benefit from these events. The rovers were expected to last about 90 sols (Martian days) on Mars, after which dust would cover their solar panels and reduce solar power to levels too low for the rovers to operate. However, power levels went back up due to the cleaning events caused by the winds in the Martian atmosphere. Periodic cleaning events have allowed the MERs to operate far longer than the planned 3 months. While Spirit rover finally ceased operation in 2011, Opportunity rover remains active as of 2017, more than 13 years after landing.

Cleaning events can either be rapid, such as overnight, or over many days where solar power slowly goes up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event

So it is nothing more than Martian wind

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