KetamineAstronaut t1_jc5qa5s wrote on March 14, 2023 at 6:08 AM Reply to Dust on Mars Rover's solar panels by LiveComfortable3228 Dr. Becky Smethurst had a good explanation, it's basically weight cost and complexity issues, but the sparknotes version was: Can't have air compression cause of weight, can't have wipers due to the coarse nature of Mars dust would damage the panels. Permalink 7
KetamineAstronaut t1_jc5qa5s wrote
Reply to Dust on Mars Rover's solar panels by LiveComfortable3228
Dr. Becky Smethurst had a good explanation, it's basically weight cost and complexity issues, but the sparknotes version was:
Can't have air compression cause of weight, can't have wipers due to the coarse nature of Mars dust would damage the panels.