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Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:51AM (#34083084)
Cant just use a pad on the arm to rub away at them?
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Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by Zancarius on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:25PM (#34083558)
What happens when the pad gets choked out with dust?
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Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by dredmorbius on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:16PM (#34086513)
Great Mars-dust-wiper pads have little Mars-dust-wiper pads upon their backs to wipe 'em.

And little Mars-dust-wiper pads have lesser ... pads, and so ad infinitum.

It's pad's all the way down.

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Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:45PM (#34086812)
Squeegee then. You get the idea.
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Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by c22 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:50PM (#34083956)
Since we're throwing stuff at the wall how about flexible solar panels wrapped like a tank tread that roll past a stationary wiper arm?
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Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by andrewflnr on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:31PM (#34089434)
I'd go with a brush, actually.
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