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Posted: 6/13/2018 10:48:30 AM EDT
The rover has run out of juice to run its own systems due to a massive dust storm on Mars and has gone in to sleep mode.
If it does not get Sun light soon in may turn into a frozen brick and not be able to power up again. https://www.space.com/40873-mars-dust-storm-opportunity-falls-silent.html?utm_source=notification RIP little fella. Update, the Rover is still sleeping. https://www.space.com/41079-nasa-opportunity-mars-rover-silent-dust-storm.html?utm_source=notification |
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It had to stop working sometime considering it was only initially intended for a few month mission and has been running for almost 6 years
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Note to next generation Rover designers...
It would be Boss to have a System to clear dust off those solar panels... |
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It had to stop working sometime considering it was only initially intended for a few month mission and has been running for almost 6 years Kharn |
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I actually liked the John Carter movie, and thats the wrong rover
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It had to stop working sometime considering it was only initially intended for a few month mission and has been running for almost 6 years View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
It had to stop working sometime considering it was only initially intended for a few month mission and has been running for almost 6 years From OP's link:
The nearly 15-year-old rover launched in 2003 and has been exploring Mars since it landed in January 2004. Opportunity has lasted more than 50 times longer than its original 90-day mission plan |
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I always thought the Rovers needed a dust brush (like a windshield wiper) to keep the panels clean. They don't have one?
And didn't a dust storm blow the dust off a rover once, allowing it to recharge? |
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View Quote I'm not crying, you're crying. |
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Note to next generation Rover designers... It would be Boss to have a System to clear dust off those solar panels... View Quote https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event |
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Well the current gen rovers have been/are being cleaned by something. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Note to next generation Rover designers... It would be Boss to have a System to clear dust off those solar panels... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event |
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I always thought the Rovers needed a dust brush (like a windshield wiper) to keep the panels clean. They don't have one? And didn't a dust storm blow the dust off a rover once, allowing it to recharge? View Quote Have enough of them and you could rotate individual tubes to clean without disrupting power. |
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Sad that it may finally be over for the little guy, but damn did he ever last longer than anyone had hoped. What a kick ass mission. There is still hope that it comes back though, so lets hope it pulls through the storm. View Quote |
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Quoted: I have an idea. The solar cells could be mounted on a long trianglar “tube” that could rotate on the long axis. The top face exposed, bottom 2 faces covered by enclosure below them. If top face gets duty just rotate to expose clean cells. View Quote |
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Outstanding! Now we can lay off the team that's been running that damned thing and save some money for more important things. It failed to find Matt Damon so the mission is an utter failure!
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"My buick is over 30 years old and it didn't cost millions of dollars! What a waste! MUST BE NICE SPENDING OUR MONEY NASA! TYPICAL GOVERNMENT! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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The Opportunity team should look back on a job well done. I look forward to the day that even a small item of the rover is returned to Earth as a testimony to our desire to explore and expand in our universe.
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Can’t they have whoever was dusting off its solar panels earlier just help service it this time?
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