technical limitations

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technical limitations

Tom Brosz — 12/21/2003 4:16:34 AM (archived)

Aside from winds at landing, I have heard that the main problem with dust storms is coating the solar panels on landers and rovers with dust, reducing their effectiveness.

A lot of thought has gone into ways of "cleaning" solar panels, since this is an issue even without dust storms, but so far I don't think any of the current probes have a mechanism to do this. Anyone know more about this?

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Beagle 2 separation successful - SteveS - 12/19/2003 2:38:26 PM
- re: Beagle 2 separation successful - Raoul - 12/19/2003 7:23:33 PM
  - re: Beagle 2 separation successful - SteveS - 12/20/2003 12:53:33 AM
    - re: Beagle 2 separation successful - Raoul - 12/20/2003 11:12:11 AM
      - Mars dust storms - SteveS - 12/20/2003 2:34:20 PM
      - What are Beagle 2's chances of landing successfully, given its technical limitations? - SpaceProjects.com - 12/20/2003 12:36:47 PM
        
        Very small - Gary - 12/21/2003 5:18:36 AM
        
        NIH? (n/t) - JonClarke - 12/21/2003 8:39:14 PM
        
        Physics doesn't change across national boundaries - Larry J - 12/22/2003 7:47:55 PM
        
        re: Physics doesn't change across national boundaries - JonClarke - 12/22/2003 11:39:28 PM
        
        re: Nosecone and parachute - Raoul - 12/21/2003 2:06:40 PM
        
        Beagle - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2003 7:18:27 PM
        
        numbers game - Gary - 12/22/2003 3:13:14 AM
        
        re: numbers game - JonClarke - 12/22/2003 11:44:54 PM
        
        Futility - Justin Kelly - 12/22/2003 12:03:01 AM
        
        re: Nosecone and parachute - Gary - 12/21/2003 6:56:58 PM
        
        re: Nosecone and parachute - PB - 12/21/2003 11:35:37 PM
        
        An educated guess - Gary - 12/22/2003 3:23:56 AM
        
        re: Nosecone and parachute - Raoul - 12/21/2003 8:16:42 PM
        
        re: Very small - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2003 6:31:56 AM
        
        re: What are Beagle 2's chances of landing successfully, given its technical limitations? - PB - 12/21/2003 4:04:07 AM
        
        technical limitations - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2003 4:16:34 AM
        
        re: technical limitations - PB - 12/22/2003 12:23:48 AM
        
        Good info! Thanks! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/22/2003 1:08:43 AM
        
        So the Mars Rover solar panels canNOT dust themselves? - SpaceProjects.com - 12/21/2003 8:20:52 AM
        
        re: So... - Chris Vancil - 12/22/2003 8:34:53 PM
        
        re: I don't know (n/t) - Raoul - 12/20/2003 7:19:20 PM

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