They’ve probably thought about it but what about a dust storm shield? A collapsible little thing that makes a little shelter that covers everything but an antenna? The antenna would stay exposed so NASA could still tell it to take off the shield once the storm passes but everything else wouldn’t even get exposed to the dust! Admittedly that doesn’t allow solar power to get in but with a robust enough battery or an RTG (or some other non-sun power source) it could wait out the storm and get back in the saddle none the worse for wear
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Reply to Continent-Size Dust Storm on Mars Threatens to Shorten NASA InSight Lander's Last Days by Sariel007
They’ve probably thought about it but what about a dust storm shield? A collapsible little thing that makes a little shelter that covers everything but an antenna? The antenna would stay exposed so NASA could still tell it to take off the shield once the storm passes but everything else wouldn’t even get exposed to the dust! Admittedly that doesn’t allow solar power to get in but with a robust enough battery or an RTG (or some other non-sun power source) it could wait out the storm and get back in the saddle none the worse for wear