Re: Space travel by humans is not possible now

jacob navia <jacob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Ian Parker wrote:
:> I want to move hundreds of kilometers. I want to move out of the
:> Meridian Planum. To do that you require agility. AI is needed to avoid
:> obstacles. This AI is the sort of AI that we saw driving round Las
:> Vegas. I want to be cable of moving at Las Vegas type speeds on Mars.
:>
:
:Yes, that is possible with robots driving slowly. For faster speeds you
:can send a balloon and travel dozens of kilometers per day. The balloon
:would inflate in the day, and stop in the night.
:

Or you can send men and travel more than "dozens of kilometers per
day" and not be just flying over stuff at random and ignoring
everything between touchdowns.


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