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Re:Supersonic plasma jets discovered by daveguy on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:36PM (#13941353)
Considering how well the mars rovers have done with just a few panels the dust issue is definitely surmountable.
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Re:Supersonic plasma jets discovered by greglindahl on Thursday March 23, 2017 @05:26PM (#13944478)
But that's partly luck: the panels get somewhat cleaned by passing dust devils. Didn't Spirit end up freezing to death, after it got bogged down?

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)#Mars_winter_at_... yes: normally they'd park it on a south-facing slope to maximize insolation during the winter, but it was stuck on flat ground.

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Re:Supersonic plasma jets discovered by odonnellryan on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:21PM (#13941837)
Well, there's always alternative power sources, like on Curiosity.
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