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Old November 10th 12, 07:33 PM posted to sci.space.history
Matt W
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On Thursday, November 8, 2012 12:21:46 PM UTC-8, David Spain wrote:
I'm not here to defend Bob Haller, but I DO like the idea of

tele-controlled rovers on the moon.



I would be a great way to restart interest in Space amongst our youth.



SLS at $1B / launch.... And that's not considering any $$$ for a

destination. In this economy? Talk about dreaming...



We'll see how NASA fairs post fiscal cliff-hanger, but I'd be very

afraid, even with the Bill "The One True Path" Nelson still around...



Dave


Teleoperating rovers is something that NASA is seriously considering: the proof-of-concept could very well be a rover on the lunar farside that's operated from the L-2 outpost NASA is eying.

The problem with the bobbert is that to him, MER-class rovers are assembly-line products, when they're not. Both were literally hand-made at JPL. Not at, say, Northrop-Grumman's factory in Hawthorne or their other shop in El Segundo. We're a long way off from having assembly-line rovers for space purposes.

Then he ignores the issues such as booster availablity, range issues, slots on launch schedules, and so forth.

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Old November 14th 12, 07:06 AM posted to sci.space.history
Matt Wiser[_2_]
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"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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Matt W wrote:



On Thursday, November 8, 2012 12:21:46 PM UTC-8, David Spain wrote:
I'm not here to defend Bob Haller, but I DO like the idea of

tele-controlled rovers on the moon.

I would be a great way to restart interest in Space amongst our youth.

SLS at $1B / launch.... And that's not considering any $$$ for a
destination. In this economy? Talk about dreaming...

We'll see how NASA fairs post fiscal cliff-hanger, but I'd be very
afraid, even with the Bill "The One True Path" Nelson still around...


Teleoperating rovers is something that NASA is seriously considering:
the proof-of-concept could very well be a rover on the lunar farside
that's operated from the L-2 outpost NASA is eying.

The problem with the bobbert is that to him, MER-class rovers are
assembly-line products, when they're not. Both were literally hand-made
at JPL. Not at, say, Northrop-Grumman's factory in Hawthorne or their
other shop in El Segundo. We're a long way off from having assembly-line
rovers for space purposes.

Then he ignores the issues such as booster availablity, range issues,
slots on launch schedules, and so forth.


And then he tosses in teleoperation while ignoring small details like
communications bandwidth and relay capacity.

--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw

The bobbert would simply reply, "details, details, don't bother me with
details. I'm right and all of you are wrong."

His kind are all too common, unfortunately.


 




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