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Why doesn't NASA use a wind turbine to power a Mars rover? [Curiosity uses a plutonium-based thermoelectric supply because Spirit and Opportunity's solar arrays got coated with dust from the persistent winds.]

by /u/bobcat in /r/askscience

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