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InSight Mars lander has only 'few weeks' of power left

Crypto Monad Silver badge

"Additionally, the Sun's strength on Mars is only about 44 percent as strong as it is on Earth, meaning there's a lot less solar energy getting to panels even when they're clean."

However there are practically no clouds, and on a cloudy day on Earth you'll be lucky to get 10-20% of peak output. So at least something works in their favour.

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