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enderjaca t1_iu46rys wrote

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

Because it's very light dust that is electrostatically attached to the panels. Tapping wouldn't do much. And as other folks have mentioned, adding more complexity to the rover means a greater chance of failure and adding more weight, which means more cost, and that you have to choose what other scientific instruments you can't include because you have a maximum weight/cost limit.

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bathroomheater t1_iu4gwki wrote

So I guess sci-fi shows have lied to me all my life and reversing polarity after randomly slapping a keyboard also won’t solve it either

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enderjaca t1_iu4l323 wrote

Anytime I get mad and slap a keyboard, I solve that problem and boom, I instantly have a different problem. Molotov cocktails work the same way.

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