Re:NASA Prepares to Say 'Farewell' to InSight Spacecraft
by simonblack on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @09:11PM
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I always wonder why the Martian Landers never have a simple method of reducing the dust load that eventually kills them.
Even a rotating arm could greatly reduce the dust load on panels, or perhaps a fan of some description or perhaps a windscreen wiper or even a small tank of compressed air. They'd only have to be actuated every couple of months or so, whenever the electrical generation begins to fall too low.
Even a rotating arm could greatly reduce the dust load on panels, or perhaps a fan of some description or perhaps a windscreen wiper or even a small tank of compressed air. They'd only have to be actuated every couple of months or so, whenever the electrical generation begins to fall too low.