Re: NASA "LSAM" and where's sci.space.xx gone?
- From: Fred J. McCall <fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 07:31:58 GMT
jacob navia <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> Ian Parker <ianparker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> :On 30 May, 17:41, Hop David <h...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> :> Ian Parker wrote:
:> :> > The criterion is can human manual dexterity (I am not talking here
:> :> > about general AI which is a much more complex matter) be completely
:> :> > reproduced by a robot? I think that anyone who says "no" should be
:> :> > prepared to justify that statement.
:> :>
:> :> Maybe it can. However such robotic hands don't presently exist.
:> :
:> :Would it be a such a difficult task to develop them? I am sure that
:> :they could be developed a lot faster (and cheaper) than a manned base
:> :on the Moon.
:> :
:>
:> If they were that easy they'd already exist as medical prostheses.
:>
:
:But they could exist tomorrow if the money spent in building
:huge rockets to take 4 people to the moon was spent in building
:small robots that can repair/manipulate machines in the moon.
:
Yeah, sure they would. Paper and wishes are always such a success.
:
:A small rocket of the current generation of machines could be
:used to send machines to work in the moon, explore the planet,
:locate resources, and determine which areas are worth exploring
:FIRST!!!
:
:Instead of trying to do everything alone, the U.S. could
:develop a plan like that with cooperation from all other
:countries. Sending an outpost to the moon would be a small
:undertaking if most nations agree to cooperate to do that.
:
Whyever would we want to do something that would make everything cost
so much more than it would if we just did it by ourselves?
:
:But that would need less wars, more respect, and many other
:things that apparently the U.S. doesn't want right now.
:
:********************* IMPORTANT *************************
:Note that any solar flare would toast any humans walking around
:unprotected in the moon. This is a show stopper that nobody
:is considering seriously.
:**********************IMPORTANT*************************
:
:It is VITAL to build underground living space in the moon
:BEFORE any humans go there so they have a base to cover
:them in case of a solar flare and to protect them from the
:deadly space radiation. Machines MUST be sent to build that
:before anything else is done where humans are concerned and
:we speak about staying PERMANENTLY in the moon.
:
Easy problem. Inflatable habitat covered with dirt. No need to dig a
huge underground complex.
:
:Of course if we just go there for a couple of days, the risk
:is much smaller but then...
:
:WHAT's THE POINT???
:
The point is to actually accomplish something rather than your crowd's
kumbaya international cooperation to accomplish nothing scenes.
--
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
-- Thomas Jefferson
.
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