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Post #198,429

by tuberculosis

3/14/05 3:20:14 AM

8/21/07 6:28:00 AM

Still, its got a robotic arm

you'd think they could have packed a feather duster.

"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect"   --Mark Twain

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."   --Albert Einstein

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses."   --George W. Bush

Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:28:00 AM EDT

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Post #198,441

by folkert

3/14/05 8:00:07 AM

Weight savings program wouldn't allow it!!!

As we all know how much feathers weigh!

Golly, Todd. You'd think you knew better.

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Post #198,456

by imric

3/14/05 8:51:23 AM

Nah, the image alone

of the thing with a feather-duster cleaning itself off would have been worth the weight in publicity alone.

I grinned just imagining it myself. Of course, it'd be even better with a French maid outfit, too.

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Post #198,503

by ben_tilly

3/14/05 11:48:43 AM

ICLRPD (new thread)

Created as new thread #198502 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=198502|ICLRPD]

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Post #198,923

by tablizer

3/16/05 2:03:37 AM

Arm cannot scratch back

It would have complicated the design to make the arm reach backward. Besides, nobody knows the nature of the dust. A duster might make the problem worse by compressing it. Besides, they figured other parts would have worn out as well. No use fixing one part without consider the others. And the rovers do have joint and wheel problems. They just have not been severe enough to prevent further exploration.

Now that we know about the dust devil effects, a compressed air blower may be the way to go since wind has proven effective.

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Spirit gets a panel cleaning by dust devil - (tablizer) - (12) - March 12, 2005, 04:10:55 PM EST

Serendipity! - (Ashton) - (11) - March 13, 2005, 03:33:12 AM EST

The Original Design Spec... - (folkert) - (10) - March 13, 2005, 09:09:16 AM EST

True.. Oh ye Space Geeks of Little Faith -NT - (Ashton) - March 13, 2005, 11:22:23 PM EST

Still, its got a robotic arm - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:28:00 AM EDT

Weight savings program wouldn't allow it!!! - (folkert) - (2) - March 14, 2005, 08:00:07 AM EST

Nah, the image alone - (imric) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 08:51:23 AM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - March 14, 2005, 11:48:43 AM EST

Arm cannot scratch back - (tablizer) - March 16, 2005, 02:03:37 AM EST

dupe -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:28:04 AM EDT

Scotty Time? - (SpiceWare) - (2) - March 14, 2005, 11:51:50 AM EST

3 months was contractual - (tablizer) - (1) - March 16, 2005, 01:57:34 AM EST

While it might not matter to the PHBs... - (inthane-chan) - March 16, 2005, 10:53:59 AM EST

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