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To: BenLurkin

So if this area is permanently dark how is the rover powered without solar panels?


4 posted on 09/20/2021 7:41:27 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Fai Mao

Nuclear Isotopes


5 posted on 09/20/2021 8:42:26 PM PDT by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Fai Mao

I believe that the rover will have solar panels, and possibly storage batteries that will power the rover in the dark. I don’t know that the rover is actually going to go down into any craters, their sides may be too steep.
It will be able to catch sunlight unless it goes into a crater. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong.


6 posted on 09/20/2021 8:59:36 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Fai Mao

Will it hold up in the cold? What about rover material properties at those temperatures? Iron becomes brittle at below zero. Do other materials have strange, unexpected properties?


8 posted on 09/21/2021 3:44:29 AM PDT by Western Phil
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