Wednesday, 22 December 2004

Martian Carwash

Hey everybody! Free carwashes on Mars!

An unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two U.S. rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said on Tuesday.

It said something -- or someone -- had regularly cleaned layers of dust from the solar panels of the Mars Opportunity vehicle while it was closed down during the Martian night.

Posted by flow Frazao on December 22, 2004 at 09:48 AM in Science | Permalink



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