Worst lag ever

How can you possibly play video games with 14 minutes worth of lag? There's some awesome engineering behind landing a rover on Mars.

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A question came up in the comments on the post Mars will pass behind sun, Rover operations affected, and the answer turns out to be very interesting.
Mars Rover Disoriented Somewhat After Glitch:
Press release from NASA regarding Spirit, which has been stuck in the sand ...
"Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing." -Peter Hammill

This new video just makes me more apprehensive about that retro-rocket pack deploying so soon after the parachute jettison. This is going to be a nail biter for sure.

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