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NASA’s Curosity team, which is responsible for working with the Mars Rover spacecraft, is used to having around a hundred people in the same room. But like much of the world, they have now had to rethink the security work surrounding the corona virus.
NASA itself announces that, like many other workplaces, they now manage everything through video calls, chat, and email, while everyday life at home unfolds simultaneously.
“It’s a classic NASA scenario. We ran into a problem and made sure it worked,” says Carrie Bridge, head of the science operations team.
When it became clear that the work would be done remotely, monitors and headsets were distributed to all team members.
However, the entire office team could not be included, so far the team has had to improvise and find new solutions. Among other things, a pair of advanced glasses used to view Mars in 3D has been replaced by a pair of honorable red-blue 3D glasses.
Entirely new demands are also being placed on the communication required to control the rover, meaning job planning takes approximately two to two hours longer than usual. Something that limits the number of commands the rover can perform per day, but in general Curiosity should be as productive as before.
“I probably watch about 15 different chat channels constantly,” says Carrie Bridge, who is responsible for closing gaps in communication between teams. Usually, she also participates in four different video conferences simultaneously.
Despite the modifications, Curiosity’s work still continues as before. The team was already able to carry out a first test task in which the rover drilled a soil sample in the “Edinburgh” area on Mars.
“Mars is not standing for us, we keep exploring.”
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