//telephone to mars

Calling Mars? Not as easy as you've might imagined it. Sending a message to Mars takes about ten minutes to arrive - due to the distance. 

 

And of course, your answer from Mars will be ready after another ten minutes. That means - communication to Mars is a processed dialogue of at least 20 minutes.  

 

"You can't really say - oh what did you mean by that, because then you are already twenty minutes too late." (Joao Lousada/EarthCom AMADEE15 OeWF)

And - strict rules are needed in order to communicate clear and precisely. 

"One of the tricks we use, is  the hashtag# for keeping a certain conversation about the topic, unrelated to that topic. Like this it's clear."

 

Being used to direct and spontanous communication - a delayed conversation can have an impact on those who have to use it.

"There is always a balance you can find. Yes you should be accurate, you should be precise, but at the same point there is also room for a nice word, that the field know we are there to support them." 

"One way to increase a human factor is to use video messages. You can record yourself to have a human touch with."

 

(c) OeWF 2015 (Paul Stanek Fotografie)

Podcast on: https://soundcloud.com/oewf/amadee-15-podcast-01-mars-communications