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   Message 381 of 1,217   
   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.   
      
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