Lt_Duckweed
Lt_Duckweed t1_iu3g286 wrote
Reply to comment by TensionAggravating41 in NASA spacecraft records epic ‘marsquakes’ as it prepares to die by marketrent
The dust is statically charged, and also very abrasive. Putting a wiping system on the panel would be added complexity and points of failure, and all it would do is scratch up the panel.
Lt_Duckweed t1_iu3fxh0 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in NASA spacecraft records epic ‘marsquakes’ as it prepares to die by marketrent
Wouldn't work, the dust statically clings to the panels, you can't really just blow it off.
Lt_Duckweed t1_ixqoai7 wrote
Reply to comment by JimiWanShinobi in Mars may be slowly ripping its largest moon apart by peterabbit456
Take it up with NASA then: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/mars-moons/overview