Reply With QuoteMaybe thats where Mr Muscle comes from. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] Matt
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An unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two US rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said.
It said something - or someone - had regularly cleaned layers of dust from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night.
The cleaning had boosted the panels' power output close to their maximum 900 watt-hours per day after at one stage dropping to 500 watt-hours because of the heavy Martian dirt.
By contrast, the power output of the solar panels of Mars Spirit - on a different part of the Red Planet - had dropped to just 400 watt-hours a day, clogged by the heavy dust.
"These exciting and unexplained cleaning events have kept Opportunity in really great shape," the magazine quoted NASA rover team leader Jim Erickson as saying.
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Maybe thats where Mr Muscle comes from. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] Matt
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I thought the bloke at car lovers looked suss last time i went in. It was the third eye that gave it away. MattOriginally posted by disco95
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Not to mention the green skin and lack of ears. 8O
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Well if you spent all day cleaning for others you wouldnt want to clean for yourself when you get home [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] MattOriginally posted by disco95
Not to mention the green skin and lack of ears. 8O
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sounds to me like theres wind on mars.
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Perhaps the martians love their rovers as much as we do and just held their annual evening show and shine event!! 8O
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SubscriberThis proves there are men on mars [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
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