re: Solar panel cleaners

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Tom Brosz — 6/9/2003 4:36:25 PM (archived)

Actually, on giving it some thought, the best bet is probably to develop some kind of non-stick, non-static surface treatment for the solar panels that would allow the wind to easily blow the dust off.

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Why don't NASA's $800 million Mars Rovers have solar panel cleaners? - SpaceProjects.com - 6/8/2003 5:22:11 PM
- More importantly, they don't have state of the art autonomous vision systems - E.P. Grondine - 6/9/2003 10:33:15 PM
- re: Why don't NASA's $800 million Mars Rovers have solar panel cleaners? - Nick Hoffman - 6/9/2003 3:52:20 AM
  - re: re: Why don't NASA's $800 million Mars Rovers have solar panel cleaners? - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2003 4:09:38 AM
    - re: re: re: Why don't NASA's $800 million Mars Rovers have solar panel cleaners? - Marcia - 6/9/2003 2:34:14 PM
      - Why don't NASA's $800 million Mars Rovers have solar panel cleaners? - Scott - 6/9/2003 4:19:34 PM
        
        re: Why don't NASA's $800 million Mars Rovers have solar panel cleaners? - Marcia - 6/10/2003 2:38:07 AM
        
        re: Solar panel cleaners - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2003 4:36:25 PM
- re: Why don't NASA's $800 million Mars Rovers have solar panel cleaners? - Chris Vancil - 6/8/2003 10:11:56 PM
  - RTGs are a hard sell to the Greens - E.P. Grondine - 6/9/2003 10:21:16 PM
  - RTGs are a hard sell to the Greens - E.P. Grondine - 6/9/2003 10:11:11 PM
  - RTG's vs. solar panels? Auctioning off the nearly "expired" rovers to private industry - SpaceProjects.com - 6/9/2003 5:23:29 PM
    - Wow, that's really stupid! - alcaray - 6/9/2003 11:25:04 PM
      - re: Electrostatic force. - Marcia - 6/10/2003 10:53:15 AM
        
        No need to duck! - alcaray - 6/10/2003 3:56:57 PM
      - "Arrogance is bliss" -Alcaray - SpaceProjects.com - 6/10/2003 12:46:37 AM
        
        Another search is in order: see if you can find a connection between RTG's and Prometheus (n/t) - alcaray - 6/10/2003 4:00:02 PM
        
        re: "Arrogance is bliss" - Marcia - 6/10/2003 2:17:46 AM
    - Expired? how about auctioning exclusvie 1 day media rights from day one? - E.P. Grondine - 6/9/2003 10:49:53 PM
- Good Question, But Not A Good Way To Secure Future Funding - Mark Eby - 6/8/2003 6:45:08 PM
  - Dust Accumulation and Removal Technology (DART) - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/9/2003 12:36:24 AM
  - But NASA's Mars Rovers are huge. Mass limitations REALLY kept solar panel cleaners away? (n/t) (n/t) - SpaceProjects.com - 6/8/2003 7:31:01 PM

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