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|    toddh to Poliisi    |
|    Re: Mars Rover longevity again limited b    |
|    07 Jan 04 20:44:47    |
      From: support@musicmover.com              On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:11:22 +0000 (UTC), Poliisi wrote:              >>From watching all NASA webcast lectures (tens of them), the message has       >been (questions answered by the main scientists themselves) that there is       >no way currently to prolong the solar panel longevity with any cleaning       >methods. Of course you can clean your summer shack solar panels because       >you do not have the absolute and strict limitations of distant space       >rover. Simply dry wiping the panels you would prolly do more damage to       >them than good.              Mount a pump with a rotating nozzle and hit them with a jet of air.       Would also be handy to stir up ground dust for analysis.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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