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  • ...nal biosphere. For the expansion of the colony's buildings we will collect dust and fine rock debris. ...ansion is processed outside the living quarters. Another source of Martian dust is when people come back from an outdoor mission and undress from a space s
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  • ...uent regional or global dust storms that coat the surface with fine bright dust. ...rogram Here the crater rim diverted wind and kept it from removing bright dust.
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  • 3. Dust Abrasion and Operations Investigation of Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment (TM 4. Martian Dust Filter Tests
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  • ...ef>https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/about-the-lander/</ref> Since dust covering solar panels is a persistent problem for Mars missions, the solar ...ey get covered with dust. However, sometimes we get lucky because passing dust devils clean the panels.<ref>https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-insight-ma
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  • Exterior vehicles will require [[maintenance]]. Martian dust is fine and may damage quickly rotating parts so maintenance is bound to be
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  • ...through to an ice layer. The rebound forms the ring-mold shape, and then dust and debris settle on the top to insulate the ice.]] ...through to an ice layer. The rebound forms the ring-mold shape, and then dust and debris settle on the top to insulate the ice.
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  • ...on, as one of the major natural danger during our missions outside are the dust storms. Winds of high speed and no visibility are real life-threatening haz Sol 3 ended with the disappearance of two crew members. The dust storm that raged that night made any expedition to lead an emergency rescue
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  • ...er by 95%. Finally, to keep solar panels clean, EVA's will be required to dust them, and every EVA increases the chance of a human dying.) ...Radiators are inefficient at low temperatures and can easily be covered by dust, and at high temperature the efficiency of electrical production is effecte
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  • ...[sunlight]] or [[lighting|artificial light]]. During the night or during a dust storm there may not be enough sunlight, either for direct lighting for the ...The stored energy quantity must be large enough to cover a few months of dust storms, again, unless nuclear reactors are used. [[wind turbine]]s may hel
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  • rect 60 170 250 260 [[Dust collector]] ...n a thicker atmosphere than currently. Also note that the extremely small dust particles (fines), will be hard on mechanical moving parts.
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  • ..., and the storage tanks might be replaced by metal hydride reservoirs. If dust storms are particularly bad during a synod, the production rate might be to
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  • *[[Dust storms]] on Mars reach high altitude. Scientists found the cause in the low
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  • ...[Manned mission|human expedition]] understand any hazards posed by Martian dust, and will test technology to produce oxygen (O<sub>2</sub>) from Martian at ...of temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure, relative humidity and dust size and shape. It would be provided by Spain's ''Centro de Astrobiología'
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  • ===Minerals in dust=== ...of drier periods on mars from the chemistry and mineralogy of atmospheric dust. Nature: 436, 62-65.</ref>
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  • ...hind minerals as deposits and/or cementing agents. Consequently, layers of dust could not later easily erode away since they were cemented together. On Ear ...Global Surveyor]] demonstrated rather that it was probably volcanic ash or dust. Today, it is believed that White Rock represents an old rock layer that o
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  • ...the dust cleaner on EVAs on three occasions and each time, it cleared out dust pretty well and allowed the mobile phone plugged on the solar panel to char
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  • ...or remove CO2, that will accumulate and eventually reach poisonous levels. Dust storms have been know to block out 95% of the light, and last for weeks. I
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  • ...iented Robotics and Control Lab and served as the Lead Engineer on the ASU Dust Devils Microgravity Team. Her graduate research involves the development an
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  • ...deposited, then moves into the crater. Once inside the crater, shade and dust preserve the snow. The snow eventually changes to ice. The many concentri ...Flaser, R. Kahn, C. Carson, and D. Pidek. 1979. Properties and effects of dust suspended in the martian atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 84, 2929-2945.</ref
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  • ...sful in beaming back any information and Mars was in the midst of a global dust storm at the time so the orbiter sent back no useful pictures. November of
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  • ...been struck by micrometeorites. In a span of just 15 minutes, the cosmic dust detector registered 17 hits. The event changed the attitude of Mariner. O - Cosmic dust detector.<ref>https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-4/</ref>
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  • ...orm]] at one point left the Spirit rover with only 25% of its solar arrays dust-free.<ref name=":6">''Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Mars 202 ...ary sunlight year-round and where panels could remain relatively free from dust. The variant powered by the MMRTG, on the other hand, could operate equally
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  • ...thus thought that most glaciers must be covered with a layer of rubble or dust preventing free transfer of water vapor from the subliming ice into the air ...into the crater. Once ice gets inside the crater, shade and a covering of dust preserve it. In time the snow changes to ice. Concentric lines are create
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  • ..., et al. 2018. Hydrogen escape from Mars enhanced by deep convection in dust storms. Nature Astronomy. Published online January 22, 2018. doi: 10.1038/ ...covered with dust. Much of the Martian surface is covered with dust. Fine dust settles out of the atmosphere covering everything.
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  • ...sukishiro, Venzha Christ, and Wataru Okamoto – “THE GOOD DEVILS” from the DUST ! ...image of MARS was changed, fact that, the entire planet was engulfed in a dust storm. And also another phenomenon that something appeared to be poking abo
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  • ...an many of the other planets, and this oval shaped orbit results in fierce dust storms that cover the entire planet and can last for many months. Perhaps t
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  • ...d, for example, as an atmosphere for processes that involve explosive iron dust.
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  • ...uced pressure. Vacuum system will be less efficient as well and transport dust less efficiently. The ability of the air to absorb moisture will also be
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  • ...has been estimated that approximately 100 kg of Martian rocks, gravel, and dust, fall on Earth every year. (This estimate is based on ~0.00385% of meteorit
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  • ...ect to changing weather conditions, especially during the Martian night or dust storms, which makes '''energy storage''' necessary. Energy storage [[Settle
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  • ...tually, moisture in the atmosphere will fall as snow or as ice frozen onto dust grains. Calculations suggest this material will concentrate in the mid-lat ...eral circulation models. These theories predict accumulations of ice-rich dust (which becomes permafrost, also called 'mantle') in the same areas where i
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  • ...the Hab, the NASA Glenn dust load experiment continued and air filtration dust samples were obtained from the EVA crew returning into the airlock. The aft Meanwhile back in the Hab, I was in full science mode taking dust measurements in the airlock and uploading biometric data to Earth. The wind
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  • ...a collection of material that came from the same swirling cloud of gas and dust. So if organic compounds are on one planet or satellite, then it is logica
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  • ...rom seasonal melting and deposition of ice together with dust from Martian dust storms. These polar layered deposits lie under the permanent polar caps. I
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  • ...more like 6 mph (9.6 km/hr).<ref> https://www.space.com/30663-the-martian-dust-storms-a-breeze.html</ref> ...of layers 26270 1820.jpg|Close, color view of layers. Light brown is from dust falling from sky. Dark parts are basalt sand that has settled on horizonal
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  • ...nter was titled “Characterization and Measurement Standardization of Lunar Dust Abrasion for Spacecraft Design and Operations”. Ryan participated as a cr
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  • ...ruptions are called pyroclastic. A pyroclastic flow is a cloud of red hot dust mixed with poisonous gases which flow down hill at a couple hundred km / ho
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  • ...hit here throw up dark material that was under a layer of bright, surface dust. We have found that Mars is hit by 200 impacts/year.<ref>https://www.space ...through to an ice layer. The rebound forms the ring-mold shape, and then dust and debris settle on the top to insulate the ice.]]
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  • ...005Icar..174..321A</ref> On Mars these glaciers are covered with rock and dust debris a few meters to a few tens of meters thick.<ref> Baker, D. and L. Ca ...rs may be big, but they are shallow. Scientists believe they are full of dust and ice. As material moves down crater walls toward the center, concentric
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  • ...oisture in the atmosphere. During those times, water will freeze onto the dust particles. Eventually, the particles will be too heavy and fall to the sur ...t falls from the sky at different times. Mantle is mostly from ice-coated dust falling from the sky under certain climate conditions. Wind, acting over m
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  • ...higher than the surrounding Martian atmosphere, preventing the invasion of dust. Musk himself imagines a version without a tube on Mars(ref needed).
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  • ...ile the former consists of a substance adhering only to the surface (like dust clinging to an air filter).<ref>Adsorption. (2019). In ''Wikipedia''. Retri ...ems with the pellets being blown off the beds and into air valves. Zeolite dust has also accumulated to the point where airflow became restricted beyond fu
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  • |Red Dust
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  • ...cal rock from the plains of Gusev crater. Most rocks contain a coating of dust and one or more harder coatings. Veins of water-deposited veins are visibl ...gh thermal inertia, while sand has a low thermal inertia. A thin layer of dust, maybe less than one millimeter thick, covers all surfaces. Besides being
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  • ...of layers 26270 1820.jpg|Close, color view of layers. Light brown is from dust falling from sky. Dark parts are basalt sand that has settled on horizonal ...he poles enters the atmosphere, and freezes to form snow or ice-coatcoated dust. This ice-rich material collects at mid latitudes. It appears as a smooth
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  • ...from approximately 20 to 200 microns (μm); hence, the dust that can cover dust devil tracks may only be the thickness of a human hair.<ref>https://en.wiki ...Dunes, as seen by HiRISE. Click on image to see light-toned deposits and dust devil tracks.
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  • ...would melt with the liquid water freezing to the cryosphere. However, if dust covered the ice the ice may have been lasted for a very long time.<ref> Cli ...s actually seen when the landing rockets of the Phoenix lander blow away a dust cover to reveal ice.<ref>Smith, P., et al. 2009. H<sub><sup>2</sub></sup>
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  • ...N. Heavens et al. Hydrogen escape from Mars enhanced by deep convection in dust storms. ''Nature Astronomy''. Published online January 22, 2018. doi: 10.10
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  • ...hab. The crew awoke to frigid temperatures and a shroud of blowing Martian dust – our first sandstorm. Unwilling to test our luck in the tumultuous condi By the late afternoon the dust had begun to clear and a robotic supply rover which landed earlier this wee
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  • ...uire profiles of the lower 50 miles of the atmosphere, including clouds, [[dust]], pressure and temperature.<ref>[http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mcs-redirect.htm
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  • ...hydrothermal vents, photochemistry and other geological processes.  Cosmic dust includes organic rich material that may be coming into the atmosphere of Ma
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  • ...d we filled up the gas tanks on the ATV’s while we were waiting for Ryan’s dust project to be ready in the airlock. At 13:07 we entered the airlock, at 13: Purpose of EVA: To get dirty and gather data for the dust study. (Primary Objective) To scout the rim for future EVA missions and obs
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  • ...hetic materials will be needed for the repair and production of vacuum and dust-proof clothing (Mars suits or [[space suit]]s). This protective clothing wi
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  • ...est concerns the optical constants and radiative heating properties of the dust suspended in the Mars atmosphere.Her primary engineering interest lies in u
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  • ...and of course David Bowie’s Life on Mars, we arrived at MDRS in a swirl of dust … which continued long after our spaceship (van) landed due to the 50k/hr
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  • Mantle may be composed of ice and dust that fell from the sky during past climatic conditions. Mantle could be a ...een by HiRISE under the HiWish program. Mantle may be composed of ice and dust that fell from the sky during past climatic conditions.]]
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  • ...as proven when the landing rockets on the Phoenix lander blew away surface dust to reveal an ice surface.<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/new
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  • ...esulted from rivers, lakes, volcanic ash, or windblown deposits of sand or dust.<ref>http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005385_1640 |title=HiRISE &#124; Lig ...at moisture has been transported around the planet as snow and ice-covered dust. Moisture from the poles migrates to mid latitudes and ends up in latitude
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  • ...overed by a thick smooth mantle that is thought to be a mixture of ice and dust. ...back to ground at lower latitudes as deposits of frost or snow mixed with dust. This movement of water could last for several thousand years and create a
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  • ...h as extant life as a potential pathogen, radiation, water or lack of, and dust storms. Observation is the key to solving these issues for the next step o ...changes, concluding they were clouds, but the observation was most likely dust storms. In the late 18th century, William Herschel continued the studies o
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  • ..., we are conducting research with PIs at NASA Glenn Research Centre on the dust intrusion loads (particle size distribution and quantity) as we enter the a ...ection and functionality for its user in extreme conditions; mitigation of dust contamination from EVA’s; optimum crop production with minimal resources
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  • ...banned. Jobs that require regular EVA's (such as cleaning solar cells of dust) should be avoided.
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  • *[[Dust devils]]
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  • ...door. Final food inventory, taking note of how quickly all the semi-edible dust disappeared in the first week of the habitat. Strawberries finished on Sol ...everal days and we are determined to debate it until we perish and turn to dust with our gravestones eternally making our arguments.
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  • ...ilslayers.jpg|thumb|400px|center|File:ESP 057655 1880mojave.jpg|Layers and dust devil tracks in Dannielson Crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program]] ...more like 6 mph (9.6 km/hr).<ref> https://www.space.com/30663-the-martian-dust-storms-a-breeze.html</ref>
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  • ...in 2004) indicated that magnetite could explain the magnetic nature of the dust and soil on Mars. Magnetite was found in the soil and that the most magnet
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  • ...ind minerals as deposits and/or cementing agents. Consequently, a layer of dust that was put down in a dusty time, could not later be easily eroded away si
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  • ...ts will be harvested : outdoor ones, to get information about the airborne dust, and indoor ones, to see how the air quality of a confined space changes ac ...h proved to be quite hard due to continuous strong blowing winds and small dust storms that came with it, leading some members of the crew (especially Gabr
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  • ...g the hab. This turned out to be a worthwhile task as we removed layers of dust from many areas and long-unused objects and organized some of the boxes and
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  • ...d. Rolling hills suround the hab (the site was carefully selected to avoid dust storms and provide the best landing opportunities) but off in the distance ...arrival. When we get back, we go through the motions, careful not to track dust too far from the airlock. We strip our suits and help the second crew get t
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  • ...hydrothermal vents, photochemistry and other geological processes. Cosmic dust includes organic rich material that may be coming into the atmosphere of Ma ...nts of organic matter, for example from carbon-rich meteorites, comets and dust particles. Some of them may have dissolved in the brine and been trapped in
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  • ...layers result from climate changes. At times the atmosphere contains more dust, consequently darker layers are formed. Sometimes thicker deposits of ice
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  • While we approached the door, a fleet of ATVs arrived in a cloud of dust behind us, carrying members of the previous crew. Our greetings were made s
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  • ...ough the organic carbon was probably from Mars, it can all be explained by dust and meteorites that have landed on the planet.<ref>McLennan, M.; et al. (20 ...Hawaii Volcanoes. The sample was composed of dust distributed from Martian dust storms and local fine sand. So far, the materials Curiosity has analyzed ar
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  • ...ve: This EVA put an astronaut in condition of low visibility, simulating a dust storm. This condition was obtained with a cardboard placed over the top por
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  • ...n the ground disappears into the thin Martian atmosphere and the remaining dust blows away.
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  • ...rom using geology hammers have caused several gouges and the pervasive red dust must be somewhat abrasive to the plastic. I haven’t got an answer to the ...a meter), the size of smoke particles. The space suits are showing lots of dust on them as well, so I’ve instituted a program of vacuuming them off after
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  • ...s amplified in conditions of low visibility such as night or an unexpected dust storm. The resulting disorientation could greatly imperil any astronaut cau
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  • Noticed that it is a little cold in the first floor, and that there's more dust than usual on the notebook keyboard. The reason turned up to be that the wi ...tant for spectral measurements from orbit. The change of reflectivity with dust cover also affects the atmospheric circulation and thus the climate. Anothe
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  • ...ion. The wind was also a factor during sample collection as the wind-blown dust tended to accumulate in our instruments and also slightly impeded collectio ...oving parts if at all possible. We also have initiated measures to prevent dust from being tracked into the hab. From now on, no EVA suits returning from t
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  • '''Objective(s)''' Pedestrian EVA to install windblown dust collection devices at waypoint 102, which was previously established to be ...as struck by how prepared Nancy Wood was when she asked us to retrieve her dust samples from Way Point 102. She had thought of almost every contingency. Th
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  • In the greenhab the work doesn´t stop and the dirty suit full of dust of our officer knows it, who by the way also has found in the Porg a new fr
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  • ...s! I’ll rover right over.” Or, “I seem to be running low on powdered egg dust; can you hook me up?” Today, on EVA, we took Director Rupert a care-pack
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  • Dress up in galoshes and do a dust dance. ...in Science Area - Yes Protective Eye Gear in Science Area - Yes Disposable Dust Masks in Science Area - No Hard Hat at top of Loft Ladder - No
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  • ionosphere than the desert. This has changed recently, having chased dust ..., and during the ride home my eyes became very irritated and watery due to dust. I was about to call a halt to the ATV motion for the crew when the conditi
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  • Last but not least, my camera failed due to dust getting into the telescoping mechanism. I had kept it out and unprotected i ...only checked the connections, cleaned the solar cells and removed dirt and dust from the small box at the base. In addition, we assigned waypoints to the r
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