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Nah, Mars has a limited atmosphere that will eventually degrade it, and I'm pretty sure that when our sun goes red giant, Mars is toast. Now, the voyager probes? Estimates on the life of the golden record are that it may last several billion years. Realistically, we will eventually get there and put these things a martian museum. View Quote I hope we do get up there and get the rover back but you never know. |
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I have an idea. The solar cells could be mounted on a long trianglar “tubes” 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. The rotation could brush against some bristles. Have enough of them and you could rotate individual tubes to clean without disrupting power. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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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? Have enough of them and you could rotate individual tubes to clean without disrupting power. So more weight more power used It can be done I’m sure It’s amazing the distance the comms reach |
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I wonder if there is enough atmosphere for a flying drone/rover combo? Would less gravity make up the difference? Am I talking out of my ass?
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I wonder if there is enough atmosphere for a flying drone/rover combo? Would less gravity make up the difference? Am I talking out of my ass? View Quote |
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No, "skycrane" was thing though. It was a device above the thing to be landed that had rockets on it. It fired at the last minute to slow the desent, then disconnected once the probe was on the ground, flew off and crashed. It's an alternative to the airbag landing. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I wonder if there is enough atmosphere for a flying drone/rover combo? Would less gravity make up the difference? Am I talking out of my ass? Not least of which because the wheels are made from Titanium that was supplied by a company that had its top management go to prison for falsifying test results. They did extra drop testing, but still.... |
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Quoted: There was a huge sigh of relief when that actually worked. Not least of which because the wheels are made from Titanium that was supplied by a company that had its top management go to prison for falsifying test results. They did extra drop testing, but still.... View Quote Western Titanium? |
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Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars! |
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No, "skycrane" was thing though. It was a device above the thing to be landed that had rockets on it. It fired at the last minute to slow the desent, then disconnected once the probe was on the ground, flew off and crashed. It's an alternative to the airbag landing. View Quote |
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Nice, now no more Rovers... next- Attached File
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I watched that thing land live at like 1 or 2 am. It was absolutely amazing. What an experience. In 54 years, the wonders I've seen. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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No, "skycrane" was thing though. It was a device above the thing to be landed that had rockets on it. It fired at the last minute to slow the desent, then disconnected once the probe was on the ground, flew off and crashed. It's an alternative to the airbag landing. Of course, I also got to watch the liftoff from the VIP seats at the Cape. |
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I watched that too, as well as watching it first begin to move in a conference room with NASA staff. Of course, I also got to watch the liftoff from the VIP seats at the Cape. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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No, "skycrane" was thing though. It was a device above the thing to be landed that had rockets on it. It fired at the last minute to slow the desent, then disconnected once the probe was on the ground, flew off and crashed. It's an alternative to the airbag landing. Of course, I also got to watch the liftoff from the VIP seats at the Cape. |
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I still say they should have dug up David Bowie and put him in that spacesuit and put him in the tesla.
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No, "skycrane" was thing though. It was a device above the thing to be landed that had rockets on it. It fired at the last minute to slow the desent, then disconnected once the probe was on the ground, flew off and crashed. It's an alternative to the airbag landing. View Quote |
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Sky crane wasn't really an alternative to air bags. The air bag method used for the previous rovers simply wasn't possible for curiosity because of its immense size compared to its predecessors. The previous rovers were fairly small. Curiosity is about the size of a car. View Quote |
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Women just do not understand. I told my wife about the article and that it was a sad ending for the rover and mission, her response was "Sorry for your loss?".
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Women just do not understand. I told my wife about the article and that it was a sad ending for the rover and mission, her response was "Sorry for your loss?". View Quote You should explain to her that we created Opportunity to reach the mountains of Mars, but she's gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure... evil. When she crossed over, she was just a rover. But when she came back... she was alive! |
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@Burnsy You should explain to her that we created Opportunity to reach the mountains of Mars, but she's gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure... evil. When she crossed over, she was just a rover. But when she came back... she was alive! View Quote |
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Sad the the fucking hippies forced NASA to use solar power. Good thing they did with Curiosity, and will with other new ones. View Quote |
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It would be great to have a nuclear RTG and not have any panels. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Don't they have any bums that hang out with a squeegee and spray bottle like every street corner? Mars sucks.
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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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It will be back online shortly. Other duties called so it just cut the feed for a while. Attached File |
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The articles I’ve read indicated that it would not be “covered” in dust/sand its just the storm is blocking the sunlight from hitting the solar panels. Assuming the storm ends quickly enough that its reserves are not totally depleted and its not frozen it may well wake up from its self-imposed coma and live yet.
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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. https://hips.hearstapps.com/amv-prod-cad-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Mars-Opportunity-rover-artist-s-rendering-102.jpg View Quote What an amazing machine! The public got its money's worth this time! |
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There isn't much to compress. View Quote However I think they were gravity activated once they were released. Just thinking out loud, it probably would have added excess weight. I hope the Rover can wake up. |
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No, "skycrane" was thing though. It was a device above the thing to be landed that had rockets on it. It fired at the last minute to slow the desent, then disconnected once the probe was on the ground, flew off and crashed. It's an alternative to the airbag landing. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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While not Opportunity, this is an enhanced HD video of the Curiosity sky crane drop back in 2012.
I get chills every time I see this. Mars Curiosity Descent - Ultra HD 30fps Smooth-Motion |
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Is it official or are we still waiting to see if it comes back to life.
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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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