Mars
YOUR PROMPT S2 · Ep.1
Mars can be 22 light-minutes away. Something answered instantly.
Radio from Earth takes 3 to 22 minutes to reach Mars. Every message arrived late. One did not.
idea by @Berogai YouTube
Read the script (spoilers)
The future. Still one subscriber short.
STIMCKAN: No no no— my subscribers!
MORALE OFFICER: My knees!
Radio from Earth takes three to twenty-two minutes to reach Mars.
STIMCKAN: You're late, George.
PROMPT (from Earth, ETA 22:00): land gently
STIMCKAN: ...Thanks.
STIMCKAN: Twenty-two MINUTES?
This video is forty-five seconds long.
STIMCKAN: ...So nobody can tell me what to do.
STIMCKAN (typing to Earth): earth, can you hear m-
THE SHIP'S SCREEN: hello.
Every message from Earth came late.
This one came before the question.
STIMCKAN: ...Then who's typing?
STIMCKAN: Please... anything but a reply.
