Comments on: InSight likely to shut down by the end of summer https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/insight-likely-to-shut-down-by-the-end-of-summer/ Wed, 18 May 2022 18:17:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/insight-likely-to-shut-down-by-the-end-of-summer/#comment-1331217 Wed, 18 May 2022 18:17:42 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84815#comment-1331217 “The team had hoped a dust devil would come by periodically to blow the panels clean, as happened routinely with the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, but InSight has not been so lucky.”

“We don’t believe in miracles. We rely upon them.”

How much money was saved on a billion dollar mission by not mounting a nice lightweight fan (I understand concerns about weight) and some plastic tubing to blow off the solar panels using the Martian atmosphere?

“God helps those who help themselves”

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