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NASA Releases Dirty Photos of Spirit Rover Solar Panels

Hey Pig Pen. Yeah, you, the Mars Spirit Rover with the red Martian dust all over your solar panels. We're filing a post on a bathtub later today, so why don't you take the hint and use one? What's that? You're millions of miles away and potable water may or may not be somewhere on the planet you're currently exploring? Oh, well, in that case, pray for another wind storm or something, because these filthy before and after pics mean only about 1/3 of the Sun's light is getting through to power your electronics. NASA's plea for a sensor-cleaning interstellar dust storm is after the break. More »

4:00 PM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By Jack Loftus
13,419 views, 35 comments

Latest by n/a: If people performed to the standard that the Mars rovers have so far, we'd live about 1200 years instead of 75. And most people would still be useless wastes of natural resources, but for much, much longer. more »