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[Urwumpe]

But wiping the dust off would still increase their lifespan significantly, wouldn't it?

Not really - which Mars Rover had really problems with dust covering the arrays? I just want to remind you: Can you imagine what a mechanic wiper would do to a solar array, when used to remove dust? Lots of scratches that ruin the glass layer.

Dust is generally not a good thing for solar arrays, because even the wind already erodes the arrays with them, but if you have solar arrays - don't use dry wipers. better use warm nitrogen to clean them, if you can.

 

[Artlav]

better use warm nitrogen to clean them, if you can.

A compressor, a buffer tank, pump in the martian air, blow off the dust?
Or would it be too heavy anyway?

 

[Urwumpe]

A compressor, a buffer tank, pump in the martian air, blow off the dust?
Or would it be too heavy anyway?

Rather to heavy to be useful. Also it consumes electricity as well.

 

[Artlav]

Rather to heavy to be useful. Also it consumes electricity as well.

Electricity is free once the panels are clean, and to make sure they are clean there is the tank.

 

[mojoey]

Can I use warm nitrogen to get that annoying bird poo off my windshield?

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Provided it's not the excretions of the foo bird...

 

[Urwumpe]

Can I use warm nitrogen to get that annoying bird poo off my windshield?

Sure. Aim at the bird.

(Warm air is used by fighter jets to clean the canopies from rain, it is no magic - but fighter jets have jet engines to produce lots of compressed air)

 

[Scruce]

What game is that?

Er... Babelonia, I said the game in the previous post!

Done in IL2 Sturmovik: 1946 with the Ultr@pack mod (adds aircraft from the Korean War).

 

[Pipcard]

My Youtube account (piplupsingularity) came to be because of a Google April Fool's prank in 2009:

http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/landing/cadie/
http://www.youtube.com/cadiesingularity

 

[ky]

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Go Snodgrass! :woohoo:

 

[Star Voyager]

 

[PeriapsisPrograde]

You know that your German class is slow when you debate the plausibility of a "Dingzeug." :blink:

 

[Quick_Nick]

Anyone notice "Google Maps Indoors" on the Google homepage?
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/starthere/index.html#indoor

 

[Eli13]

Why does this seem to be the current theme in spaceflight?

 

[mojoey]

Friend: how'd you get that bruise?
Me: I was like 'come at me bro' and he did....


Life of a spider:
"oh great, you're back! There was a big wasp in your room earlier, but dont worry, I took care of it. I know how you hate wasps. Wait... What are you doing with that book?"

 

[Artlav]

Slightly random:

 

[Urwumpe]

 

[Scruce]

[IMAGE]

Like a boss? oh..no...no...no....Laika Boss!

 

[mojoey]

and so it begins...

why wont you work...why!!