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pokerfan

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16. NASA would have you believe it was the wind

Reply to tridim (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 10:08 PM

Jan 2014

A cleaning event is a phenomenon whereby dust is removed from solar panels, particularly ones on Mars, by the action of wind. The term cleaning event is used on several NASA webpages; generally the term is used in reference to the fact that Martian winds have blown dust clear off the solar panels of probes on Mars increasing their energy output. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event

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NASA is being sued for covering up evidence of alien life [View all] pokerfan Jan 2014 OP

It's a used Martian condom, too hideous for earthlings to see. Scuba Jan 2014 #1

Yes, because the Mars Rover team is totally uninterested in signs of life on that planet. arcane1 Jan 2014 #2

My S.I.L. works for NASA Botany Jan 2014 #3

This Bolden guy is quite a piece of work, isn't he? arcane1 Jan 2014 #4

no need for the truth when you can push a false meme Botany Jan 2014 #5

Rhawn Joseph is an attention seeking pseudo-scientist siligut Jan 2014 #9

Your comment read my mind Johonny Jan 2014 #11

I still want to know how the solar panels were scrubbed clean several years ago. tridim Jan 2014 #6

NASA would have you believe it was the wind pokerfan Jan 2014 #16

There are still other less controversial reasons defacto7 Jan 2014 #7

All plausible reasons that could be proven with close-ups that they're not releasing. tridim Jan 2014 #8

I can't pinpoint where I saw it defacto7 Jan 2014 #10

your looking at the Fate of Earth? MFM008 Jan 2014 #12

Some Ideas on Where the �Jelly Donut� Rock on Mars Came from Read more: http://www.universetoday.co pokerfan Jan 2014 #13

It looks like the aluminum foil from a baked potato bananas Jan 2014 #14

Nope notemason Jan 2014 #15