Great demo to explain why you effectively cannot operate a spacecraft on Mars with a joystick on earth. Interplanetary space missions require the perfect balance of proactive planning and strategic real-time response.

1/ https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1178674298141020161
Flying @NASAJuno was consistently constrained by "light time" - i.e., the 45 minutes for a signal to go from Earth to Jupiter (or vice versa). Every bit of data I saw in mission control happened 45min ago at Jupiter. đŸ€Ż

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"Light time" is interesting to consider when imagining Mars colonization. Every communication with Earth is significantly delayed (~20 min) because light (read: signals and selfies) can only move so fast. So, no FaceTiming mom, but a solid TikTok will be worth the uplink.

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That said, consider how much faster a Lunar colony will come to fruition solely because of high-touch robotics controlled from Earth. Building infra on Mars will probably require a very adaptive AI supervisor on the construction team. 🙃

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