China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures

Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by toothpickguy on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:14PM (#27212314)

Not original commenter, but here are some relevant papers that should have publicly available pdfs if you search for them on Google Scholar:

Landis, G. A. (1998). Mars dust-removal technology. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 14(1), 126-128.

Kawamoto, H., & Shibata, T. (2015). Electrostatic cleaning system for removal of sand from solar panels. Journal of Electrostatics, 73, 65-70.

Saravanan, V. S., & Darvekar, S. K. (2018). Solar Photovoltaic panels cleaning methods: A Review. Int. J. Pure Appl. Math, 118, 1-17.

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Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by samcheng on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @03:56PM (#27213678)

Reading the last names of the authors of these publications is refreshing, particularly in contrast to the often nationalistic comments that have peppered discussion of this rover.

Maybe the future is brighter than we think!

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Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by bgee on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @06:13PM (#27215211)

Care to elaborate why you think the comments on this rover are nationalistic? Or, do you feel the same way about comments regarding NASA or JAXA achievements?

Disclaimer: I'm a China/Chinese national.

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Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by sudosysgen on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:37PM (#27216737)

I think they were referring to earlier nationalistic dismissals/unfounded skepticism.

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