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Not True For Mars
Marsby — (archived)

If you could real time teleoperate a robot you would be partly right but not when your time delay averages about 19 minutes and can be up to twice that. The response time is less than half the issue however. The physical agility and ability to improvise tools are far more important. You should listen to what the guys who have operated rovers have had to say. The amount of human level work accomplished is very small. The true cost comparison is not 100 billion versus 1 billion, it's $/man-hour worth of work. Now if you are talking only about the Moon and not Mars or the asteroids you have a point on teleoperation, but the other issues and the ones Raoul raises remain. While you were probably talking about the Moon here I think you have talked about teleoperation on Mars. I'm close to being converted to your point of view for another reason however. I'm starting to believe that NASA has lost it's mojo with regard to manned spaceflight.

Regards,
Mark

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