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WimpyRanger t1_iu3xhlo wrote

Reply to comment by Nidungr in NASA spacecraft records epic ‘marsquakes’ as it prepares to die by marketrent

If it’s electrostatically charged, then you could induce a new charge to eject the dust, yah?

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tea-man t1_iu40jsk wrote

If I'm not mistaken, this is exactly what's beginning to happen with some of the more advanced solar power projects. Though it is very new technology requiring precise control of the electric fields in individual layers of the cells, so it's still a few years away from large scale adoption.
I suspect that any solar powered rovers that began their initial design in the past year or so may adopt this if it's proven successful.

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plzsendnewtz t1_iu41ndf wrote

Rotate the shield harmonics! Aye, Captain!

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enderjaca t1_iu46cj2 wrote

Reverse the polarity in the deflector array by negative 5! I cannae captain, it won't respond!

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