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Re: Spirit: Whats taking a week to get off the lander?

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Originally Posted by maxgebhardt
I think the issue is that any instructions can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to reach the rover, so any test might take a few minutes, but reporting results takes really long. also it might be an issue in that transmission can only occour during say a 10 hour window, so only a limited amount gets done. also if they move too fast, then if they see a problem 4 minutes ahead, then they have no way to stop it since the instructions to get out of the way will get there 1 minute too late.
by the way the rover actually has hazard sensors on the front and back to prevent that from happening. if they sense an impending collision the robot will automatically cease movement until it receives additional instructions i believe.

hahhaa just a little fact
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