{"id":5024,"date":"2020-05-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:09:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:09:59","slug":"now-thats-working-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/19\/now-thats-working-remotely\/","title":{"rendered":"Now THAT&#8217;s working &#8216;remotely&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meet the NASA team that&#8217;s using their home PCs to drive and operate the Curiosity rover on Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=7638\" target=\"_blank\">NASA\/JPL article<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceflightinsider.com\/space-centers\/jet-propulsion-laboratory\/curiosity-mission-team-operates-rover-from-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spaceflight.com Article<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><small><em>(Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech.)<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5024\">https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5024<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"6\" data-attachment-id=\"1999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/around-boston-the-nearly-snowless-winter-continues\/seperator-short-grey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"104,6\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SEPERATOR short grey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?resize=104%2C6\" alt=\"[seperator]\" class=\"wp-image-1999\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong>  on <strong>THIS ITEM?<\/strong> <em>See the<\/em> <strong>Comment box<\/strong> <em>at bottom of this page!<\/em><br><b><em><br><\/em>NEW QUESTION? <\/b><em>Ask<\/em><b> <u><font color=\"#000117\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/b>!<br><br>(<em>Want free notification of new content? 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