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2024-01-19 22:34:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EB84BB3B18AC51772CD68692CF19537E9B3D81295CBD571BA2201CC6756196C1
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Dust is a serious problem on Mars as shown by the Curiosity Rover’s famous “My battery is low and it's getting dark” message as it used solar panels to operate However dust storms are very frequent and can clean rovers, this is also why rovers use nuclear generators https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaning_event#:~:text=One%20theory%20is%20that%20wind,speculated%20to%20help%20remove%20dust.&text=The%20term%20started%20being%20used,to%20benefit%20from%20these%20events. https://www.nasa.gov/missions/martian-dust-storm-grows-global-curiosity-captures-photos-of-thickening-haze/ https://www.space.com/saving-mars-robots-from-death-by-dust#:~:text=The%20Curiosity%20rover%2C%20which%20is,rovers%20keep%20going%20for%20longer.
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