NASA staff are sending rover commands to Mars from their homes

NASA's Curiosity rover team is working from home, but still controls the robot's movements on the Red Planet. Using video conferencing to coordinate, the team plots and plans commands before sending them into space from the comfort of home. The rover is still being as productive as ever, NASA says, and recently drilled for a rock sample using a command sent by NASA employees working remotely. Visit BGR's homepage for more stories. When NASA announced that it was forcing as many of its employees ...