I'm sure they could, but the original mission was planned for 3 months where accumulated Martian dust wouldn't have been a factor. They've been fortunate that there's been a couple cleaning events that have removed accumulated dust from the panels so it can run with a higher power level:

I would probably watch that.

I just can't picture Spock with tentacle porn buying schoolgirl panties from a vending machine. :)

No... I would totally rather ride a Robocoaster than sit down and read a sex manual.

But was Gizmodo dating an OutCast VP? He may have an entertaining way of presenting his reviews, but he loses significant credibility when he's banging people repping the products he's reviewing. And his editor is an ass if he thinks that the relationship won't affect other reviews of products that company…

Did he pull her out of the freezer on anniversaries? My wife and I did that with the top tier of our wedding cake on our 1st. Maybe he just got confused.

Hey, I'm in your camp regarding cigarettes and actually agree with your post regarding it being more of a dying trend. That obscure factoid about scuba diving was the only thing good I've ever heard about smoking so I figured I'd share it. :)

I hope none of you guys posting in this thread are Irish. You know the Irish aren't welcomed here in Gizmodo. :)

Smokers often have better surface air consumption rates while scuba diving because they're bodies are used to lower oxygen amounts. That's all I've got.

My father was disabled and smoked in a room when he lived with me for a while. I was always worried about him setting the house on fire because the pain meds made him sleepy. I was shocked when he got his own place to see multiple coffee can size burns in the carpet from him doing just that. Burns in blankets. …

Well, outdoors most smokers that I see just flick their cigarette ash (and the resulting butts) out the window of their cars or stub them on the ground (if they even put them out to begin with). Nobody that I know who smokes still does it inside the house, so no comments on interior ash tray use.

It's a touch screen.

Exactly. $1.7MM? That moon rock would be sold so fast it'd make your head spin.

Whew! Thanks. Wouldn't want to look foolish bringing this up in conversation!

Isn't all the water supposed to turn to blood during the rapture? Is this a precursor for tomorrow? Or do I have my myths messed up again?

Yeah, but I don't think it gets re-posted on purpose—I'd bet Jesus probably didn't see the original post (unless he wrote it of course). I don't imagine they search every time they find an article of interest to see if another editor has put it on the site before. Sometimes it just happens. Just conjecture, though.

I haven't seen it and am glad Jesus posted it—interesting video. Not all of us jump from Gawker site to Gawker site (or see every Giz article). If you saw it and obviously knew what the content was, why'd you click? Just to bitch about what's posted on a site that you don't pay a dime for?

"Why is my son such a douche?"

I didn't see this on there.

Definitely. I was really surprised at how much more the phones brought in than I'd paid (of course, selling them unlocked and jailbroken helped).