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Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by jws on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:40PM (#34083793)
With an atmospheric density 1/150th that of Earth, the engineering of a leaf blower might be tricky. Clearly the atmosphere can move dust, but you might hit speed of sound problems in your turbine.

Someone should spend a couple years doing some PhD work on Martian dust blowing turbine designs, but not burn out completely so they can write a 1000 word, interesting blog post with some pretty pictures for me to consume.

Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by rob74 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:54PM (#34086258)
Also, you would have to carefully weigh if using the blower would not consume more energy than you stand to gain by clearing the panels...
Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by antifa on Thursday December 22, 2022 @10:32AM (#34094323)
Couldn't your wind blower get clogged with dust? I'm not a dust expert.