Talk about excellence in engineering. These rovers were not expected to last near this long. And at least one is still chugging away after a DECADE! Wow.
Looks like the bridge on the USS Enterprise.
That is some serious dust!
Maybe in a future Mars lander they can bring along a Roomba so the lander can run a vacuum over itself now and then.
Her last words were, “I’m fine! Just fine!”
You’d think they would have some sort of automated ability to clean the solar panels. But I guess that would add weight and other issues.
They could take that helicopter that keeps on flying and blow the dust off. I’m a rocket scientist.
It was always stupid. Now it is just litter
How far away is the studio?
Not sure why a small arm with a brush, was not engineered into these landers/rovers which could sweep the solar panels. Like a windshield wiper type design.