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Default Yes..solar PV is officially still ****

On 06/08/2012 20:12, geoff wrote:
In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes
"Curiosity is about twice as long and five times as heavy as NASA's
two previous Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, and its
plutonium-powered nuclear battery will provide the mobile laboratory
with about 2.7 kWh per day, far in excess of the 1 kWh per day maximum
of the earlier solar-powered rovers. The nuclear battery is also much
longer-lasting than the solar power systems used by the previous
missions, and is expected to last through the rover's planned
operations and beyond, providing the potential for the mission to be
extended."

Have you not heard of the greenpeace mars probe?

They're using windmills


Will that give them the power to remove the wrapper?


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John.

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