But we don't need to rely on any dust devil to keep solar panels clean.So it's mostly a matter of how long lithium batteries can last. And MER's batteries lasted at least 10 years.
China's moon rover, lander to photograph each otherChina's first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, and the lander are scheduled to take photos of each other Sunday night, a move that will mark the complete success of the country's Chang'e-3 lunar probe mission.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-12/15/c_132969906.htm
this was posted on Facebook a few minutes ago
Why does it look like all the images they posted (apart from the landing sequence) are snapshots of a computer monitor or some other display instead of the actual data stream?
They are missing an opportunity here, IMHO. I get the feeling these images could be blowing our socks off if released in the source quality instead of just this "cool, but only for what it represents" feeling.