Jeff Findley wrote:
Henry Spencer always likes to point out that in the future, EVA's will
necessarily need to become more self sufficient. On Mars missions, NASA's
Mission Control won't be there to micromanage (Henry's word) the EVA's
because round trip times for radio waves to/from Mars can be on the order of
1/2 an hour.


And in half an hour, the Martians can drag you down through the sand and
put that control implant in the back of your neck, like almost happened
to little David Maclean in that sandpit near his house. ;-)

Pat