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NASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million miles (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] paholg@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

It's really not at these scales. Earth and Mars go from roughly 4 light minutes apart to over 20.

At the best case, saying something and then waiting 8 minutes for a response is hardly what I'd call "real time".