I think they kept a lid on that fact until after it was launched. Anyone looking at the rover pictures could have seen there aren't any solar panels. The little helicopter has a panel on top though.
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On 2/20/2021 9:20 AM, Chuck McCown via
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Previous Mars rovers had solar panels, which could get covered by dust and cause them to shut down until a wind storm cleared them. This new one has a thermoelectric generator powered by plutonium. Smart. Surprised there were not massive protests at the launching.From: Bill PrinceSent: Friday, February 19, 2021 12:58 PMTo: af@af.afmug.comSubject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Helicopter on MarsWith fingers like that, I bet he can do some interesting chords.
bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 2/19/2021 11:46 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
You know it's all about the bassOn Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 3:38 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
--I wonder how it navigates. I presume a barometric altimeter will work there. But how would they get bearing and distance from the ground vehicle? You could use a Doppler antenna array to get a bearing I suppose. And maybe some kind of DME for distance. Like to see a write up on that.
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