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Post #198,429
by tuberculosis
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3/14/05 3:20:14 AM
8/21/07 6:28:00 AM
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New 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
Collapse Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:28:00 AM EDT
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
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Post #198,441
by folkert
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3/14/05 8:00:07 AM
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New 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
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New 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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  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
Post #198,503
by ben_tilly
3/14/05 11:48:43 AM
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New 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
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New 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

I'm sure when this came out, it was better than whatever else was out. Want to play chess with me, son? No way, Dad.
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