InSight's Final Selfie

Re:InSight's Final Selfie by Aperocky on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:59PM (#31511929)

wondering if rotating solar panel works. just rotate 180 degrees to dump sand to the ground and then back.

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Re:InSight's Final Selfie by teh_klev on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:07PM (#31512568)

It's not actually sand, it's very fine electrically charged dust that "sticks" to the surfaces of the solar panels. Tipping the panels wouldn't help.

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Re:InSight's Final Selfie by cassandratt on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:29PM (#31513179)

Apply a negative charge to the panels?

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Re:InSight's Final Selfie by teh_klev on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:26PM (#31513559)

Now you just added another USD100M to the cost of the mission ;)

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