Daninku Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 A phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two NASA rovers probing the surface of Mars.Layers of dust have been swept from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night. The cleaning boosted the panels' power output close to their maximum 900 watt-hours per day, after at one stage dropping to 500 watt-hours because of the heavy Martian dirt. ... Source: MSNBC Full Article and Photo :huh: Strange, guys and gals ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Yeah, these things are lasting a lot longer than they expected them to. I don't see why wind couldn't clean them off. If they end up supercharged and sporting spoilers, then I might get suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted December 22, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2004 If they end up supercharged and sporting spoilers, then I might get suspicious. 585148115[/snapback] :laugh: Radish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 I heard about this a couple of weeks ago I believe. It's very cool, but it was probably just wind. :alien: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTRPhReAk Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 yea it probalby was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#47 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 oooo00oooo0o.............................today a kite was lifted mysteriously off the ground by some unknown force............. Its just the wind.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAH Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I think it just rained. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaNIsH Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Interesting that only one of the rovers was cleaned though, although I'm guessing they were in completely different locations? EDIT: Nm, read a bit more of the article and found both rovers had power increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 :alien: :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Hey! I just yawned and a lot of dust came of my monitor screen! That has increased the visual output to be much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guol Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 lol people these days are so superstitious and pathetically stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlinhoot Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Explanation that was given was the rover in question was traveling up slopes more than the the other one and it just fell off. Can't remember where I read it though so no link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Its happened before :alien: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 ^ Fake. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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