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To: ShadowAce

The solar panels on some of these proves get covered by dust and eventually no longer get enough sunshine to run. You could hover little fliers like this over those probes and blow the dust off!


5 posted on 04/19/2021 10:59:10 AM PDT by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V!)
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To: Nateman

Martian leaf blower


6 posted on 04/19/2021 11:06:33 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Nateman

Maybe! I saw a close-up of Ingenuity as it did a spin-up but, ironically, saw no dust being blown up from the surface. The Martian atmosphere is extremely thin and that may account for my not noticing any movement. But perhaps some is being blown around. Enough to do what you suggest. Good idea!


7 posted on 04/19/2021 11:26:22 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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