Why Doesn’t NASA Build a Mechanism to Clean the Solar Panels on Its Mars Rovers?
22.02.24 | Cuca Margoux
by Jim Bell
Engineers certainly could design such a system, but adding it would require sacrificing space or weight meant for science.
Inevitably, Mars rovers or landers get covered with dust and the solar panels no longer function, ending the mission. Why doesn’t NASA build in a mechanism to clean the solar panels?
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