Step 1.) Send a command
Step 2.) Go to lunch
Step 3.) ???
Step 4.) Get back pretty pictures from mars
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Step 1.) Send a command
Step 2.) Go to lunch
Step 3.) ???
Step 4.) Get back pretty pictures from mars
smh NASA's really gotta get an ethernet cable running to that thing
fun fact, that would make the transmission slower.
According to wikipedia cat5 cable has a propagation delay of 5.30 ns/m, which works out to about 62% of the speed of light. While radio waves propagate at the speed of light.
It's not like they "play" competitive real time over there. It's more turn based single player