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Rover Gender Terminology, Contains discussion from Storm topic
hendric
post Aug 14 2007, 05:55 PM
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I think the girls will do fine after the dust storm stops. Those solar panels are probably smoother than any natural surface on Mars, and will probably stay pretty clean overall given some modest winds. Being so high off the ground is another advantage, since any dust grains too big to be physically lofted probably won't get a chance to saltate, or bounce, on top of the panels.

Once we're immobile, I think a great experiment would be to watch the solar panels with the MI and see exactly how the dust on the panels evolve over time. Maybe they start as really small grains, and as they start to stick together, they get blown around and eventually fall off?


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- hendric   Rover Gender Terminology   Aug 14 2007, 05:55 PM
- - David   QUOTE (hendric @ Aug 14 2007, 05:55 PM) I...   Aug 15 2007, 02:02 AM
|- - um3k   QUOTE (David @ Aug 14 2007, 10:02 PM) Spi...   Aug 18 2007, 04:10 PM
|- - Mark Adler   QUOTE (David @ Aug 14 2007, 07:02 PM) Spi...   Aug 19 2007, 06:31 PM
- - Del Palmer   I've always thought of both of them as girls, ...   Aug 18 2007, 06:43 PM
- - brellis   QUOTE This storm seems to be having some unanticip...   Aug 19 2007, 05:57 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (brellis @ Aug 19 2007, 06:57 AM) ....   Aug 19 2007, 06:33 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 18 2007, 11:33 PM) I...   Aug 20 2007, 03:59 AM
- - Reckless   Thank you Mark Vive la difference! Roy   Aug 19 2007, 08:00 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I guess all this free time we find ourselves with ...   Aug 20 2007, 04:37 AM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Aug 19 2007, 11:37 ...   Aug 20 2007, 06:05 PM
|- - Stephen   QUOTE (hendric @ Aug 21 2007, 04:05 AM) I...   Aug 21 2007, 02:37 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   If ever there was a convenient spot for me to drop...   Aug 20 2007, 09:30 AM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 20 2007, 01:54 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 20 2007, 09:54 AM) ...   Aug 20 2007, 04:53 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   First of all... disambiguate - it's my new fa...   Aug 20 2007, 04:53 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ Aug 20 2007, 12:5...   Aug 20 2007, 05:03 PM
- - helvick   Apologies to those who are getting bored by the li...   Aug 20 2007, 06:19 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (helvick @ Aug 20 2007, 02:19 PM) A...   Aug 20 2007, 08:30 PM
- - Sunspot   They're robots.   Aug 20 2007, 06:32 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Aug 20 2007, 07:32 PM) T...   Aug 20 2007, 07:12 PM
- - Mongo   But robots can have gender too -- just ask nprev a...   Aug 20 2007, 06:55 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Mongo @ Aug 20 2007, 11:55 AM) But...   Aug 21 2007, 03:14 AM
- - Edward Schmitz   tortoises are hot!   Aug 20 2007, 11:41 PM
- - dvandorn   It's really very simple to tell the gender of ...   Aug 22 2007, 05:36 AM
|- - Vladimir   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 22 2007, 09:36 AM) ...   Aug 22 2007, 02:57 PM
- - djellison   What about the gender of Cassini or Deep Impact or...   Aug 22 2007, 03:02 PM
- - nprev   Neutral; all of them are a LOT harder to anthromor...   Aug 22 2007, 03:17 PM

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