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jakeXT

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2. They weren't anticipating dust cleaning events

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #1)

Thu May 2, 2013, 05:06 PM

May 2013

The solar arrays of the two NASA Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), Spirit and Opportunity, were expected to accumulate so much dust after 90 Martian days (sols) that they could no longer provide enough energy to guarantee continued surface operations. Instead, due in part to low dust accumulation rates and numerous dust cleaning events,they have carried out surface operations for over 2200 sols each.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AGUFM.P53E1559H

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Driving Mars Rovers: ‘It can get a little boring’ [View all] n2doc May 2013 OP

No one associated with the MER program owes anything close to an apology. Those things performed Warren DeMontague May 2013 #1

They weren't anticipating dust cleaning events jakeXT May 2013 #2

I'd say they're entitled to draw a penis or two. n/t Orsino May 2013 #3