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> The time lag is a problem. A command from Earth takes 22.5 hours to reach the probe, and the same period is needed again for a response. This means a 45-hour
by tcgv 3y ago
> The time lag is a problem. A command from Earth takes 22.5 hours to reach the probe, and the same period is needed again for a response. This means a 45-hour wait to see what a given command might have done.
Astonishing!
- IAmGraydon 3y agoI can hardly imagine how frustrating that scenario would be. Think about how rapidly you hack away at the terminal, and imagine that every time you hit “enter”, it takes 45 hours to find out if it worked. You would only be able to issue 194 commands in an entire year.
- peddling-brink 3y agoImagine that each command is rigorously studied by multiple people and an incorrect entry may be a news generating event.
- layer8 3y agoI know some CI pipelines that are only barely faster. ;)