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Mystery Martian 'car wash' helps NASA rover
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Posted on 12/21/2004 11:49:34 AM PST by krakath
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:49:35 AM PST
by
krakath
To: krakath
Already posted! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:50:19 AM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(If you want to get it movin' you must learn to doof da bouven.)
To: krakath
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:51:04 AM PST
by
Howlin
(Search, use it.)
To: Howlin
Marvin the Martian would have found it and washed it.
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:01:19 PM PST
by
HHFi
To: Howlin; JusPasenThru
Dangit! I performed a bunch of searches too! My folly was that I used "rover" instead of "buggy"!
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:03:30 PM PST
by
krakath
To: krakath
Reckon it mighta rained? That's the only time my truck gets washed.......
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:13:29 PM PST
by
G-Bear
(My liver is EVIL, and I must PUNISH it!)
To: krakath
Solar array performance is measured in Watts, not watt-hours.
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:13:45 PM PST
by
bruin66
(Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
To: Howlin
" said something -- or someone -- had regularly cleaned layers of dust from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night"Seems to be nonsense anyway.
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:16:04 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Big government is still a big problem.)
To: Howlin
You know, Howlin', I think this whole report is bogus! CBS cooked this up for sure! I can prove there are no car washes on Mars: there are no quarters! How can they operate a car wash if they ain't got quarters to put into the slots to get the miracle-foaming brush to work?
Will this get me national acclaim like it did for Buckwheat or whatever his name is?
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:18:22 PM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(If you want to get it movin' you must learn to doof da bouven.)
To: G-Bear
To: JusPasenThru
I think so. I'll call 'my people.' :-)
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:25:54 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Search, use it.)
To: bruin66
Solar array performance is also apparently measured in "watt-hours-per-day", a term that gives a better understanding of the total energy available from sun-up to sun-down since the rate in watts will vary throughout the day.
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:27:17 PM PST
by
Redbob
To: krakath
Shiela Jackson Lee (D-Tx) thinks it probably brushed up against that flag the astronauts left up there.
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:28:44 PM PST
by
tx_eggman
("All I need to know about Islam I learned on 09/11/01" - Crawdad)
To: krakath
Couldn't be something so common as the wind, could it?
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posted on
12/21/2004 12:54:24 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Yeah, Mars has lots of little dust devils...they could have blown the dust away.
Wonder why NASA just didn't add a little mechanical brush above the cell panel and use it every so often. Weight vs. cell efficiency...I'd bet they could've come up with some kind of lightweight system. Oh, well. Maybe next time.
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posted on
12/21/2004 1:11:01 PM PST
by
Imnidiot
(THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
To: bruin66
Why do they measure it in Watts? I live in Long Beach, not far from Watts. Why couldn't we measure it here, too?
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12/21/2004 1:13:18 PM PST
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Imnidiot
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To: Imnidiot
Yeah, Mars has lots of little dust devils... Funny you should mention that. On Futurama last night, the Mars Natives (aka, Indians) were calling up dust devils....
To: Blood of Tyrants
I am thinking the wind plus lack of static electricity, it just blows right off.
If you look at any of the moon landings with the moon rover, it is always unusual to see how the moon dust cascades off the tires without billowing clouds.
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posted on
12/21/2004 1:34:19 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(I support a strong defense policy, but see no reason to conduct it while sober.)
To: Mr. K
Maybe it rains at night when the rover is shut down? 8^>
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posted on
12/21/2004 1:37:35 PM PST
by
Woodman
("One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives." PW)
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