(at around 1h 3 mins) Comet is able to talk to the chimps on Malgor without any time delay. Since the wormhole that leads to Malgor is located just beyond the Moon's orbit, there should have been at least a 2-second delay before getting a reply.
(at around 20 mins) The chimps flip switches and control the rocket during the launch. The rockets that NASA used to launch chimpanzees in the 1950s were fully automated.