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From NewScientist.com:
"NASA's Mars rover Opportunity seems to have stumbled into something akin to a carwash that has left its solar panels much cleaner..."
Rover team leader Jim Erickson: "These exciting and unexplained cleaning events have kept Opportunity in really great shape."
Whatever the process, it has taken place while Opportunity was parked during the Martian night. On at least four occasions over a six-month period...
An inspection of the rover's surface using its own camera has confirmed that dust has been removed from the vehicle...
Did Mike have anything to do with this?
"NASA's Mars rover Opportunity seems to have stumbled into something akin to a carwash that has left its solar panels much cleaner..."
Rover team leader Jim Erickson: "These exciting and unexplained cleaning events have kept Opportunity in really great shape."
Whatever the process, it has taken place while Opportunity was parked during the Martian night. On at least four occasions over a six-month period...
An inspection of the rover's surface using its own camera has confirmed that dust has been removed from the vehicle...
Did Mike have anything to do with this?
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