Maybe there are Martians

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:03 pm

So who do you think the pit crew is giving the Rover a lube and fill up?

"Scientists have been baffled by a mysterious boost in power to one of its two robotic rovers which are exploring the surface of the Red Planet."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3987031.stm

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:00 pm

Spoooooky!

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:29 pm

Well, with all the failures and power shortages recently, maybe the martians decided they could use a break.

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:33 pm

wow. maybe a static buildup that is repelling dust from the panels?
it's probabaly more likely that it's a problem, perhaps some other component has stopped working (and dignosis isn't picking up it's lack of power use for some reason).

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:17 pm

Whats the deal? The wind blew and the dust came off ...

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:05 am

could use that in my house..

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:53 am

Iceman wrote:Whats the deal? The wind blew and the dust came off ...

they ganna spend 16 weeks and 200mill in testing and resurch befor they can say that

DigiJo · Post by **DigiJo** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:52 am

obviously martians picked it up, showing it in a museum with nice spotlight on it now. "ancient earth technologie"

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:46 am

Couldn't have been much dust...

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:27 pm

Don't forget, on Mars wind is a very low pressure event.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:40 pm

I saw this article but I haven't read it yet, but in another article they said that it's becoming the Martian summer, therefore days are getting longer and thus more light is getting to the solar panels.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:02 pm

Yes, 100 km/h winds on Mars would be tough to even feel on your face (if it were exposed to the wind).

Most likely a dust devil, with windspeeds of 1-200 kmh is responsible: just enough ooomph to move a thin layer of dust from the solar arrays.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:20 pm

woodchip wrote:Don't forget, on Mars wind is a very low pressure event.

Don't forget?
I wasn't aware of that. How do "we" know this?

(This is real question, not a retort.

)

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:20 am

I'll give you a hint. Mars is totally arid.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 6:45 pm

and???

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 6:57 pm

woodchip wrote:So who do you think the pit crew is giving the Rover a lube and fill up?

"I'm well-known for my lube jobs!"

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:56 am

Duper wrote:and???

No moisture in the atmosphere. Shall I keep going?

Oh and Top....careful how you phrase things.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:22 pm

woodchip wrote:Oh and Top....careful how you phrase things.

Apparently you don't watch Red vs. Blue?

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