Reply to post: Re: Why bother putting them into safe mode?

Corona coronavirus hiatus: Euro space agency to put Sun, Mars probes in safe mode while boffins swerve pandemic

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Re: Why bother putting them into safe mode?

You need a screen, a keyboard, and a mouse to control a satellite*. And a whole heap of clever computer stuff and some very impressive antennae etc as well but they don't have to be in the same place as you, and that's the point: you could work from home just as well as at the office.

*most people anyway, there are some who have other ways to do what's needed.

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