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		Torkel on July 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the fina... Latency is a bitch. So remote hands from earth is most likely a no-go, for this reason alone. And if you bring astronauts close, then I guess that some EVAs in existing suits starts looking appealing vs developing those remote hands.

system2 on July 7, 2021 [–]

They wouldn't operating it like they play computer games. Mars rover has a major latency too, they can simply instruct it with limits and work slightly slower.

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