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From: gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: Divert NASA budget to robotics
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Date: 10 Jul 90 16:28:55 GMT
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Finally a post I can agree with 100%!!!

Who needs man in space?  The cost is astronomical (pun intended)
and the return minimal.  Man's greatest advantage over most robots
is his highly advanced manipulative skills coupled with a wizbang
computer.  In a space suit, the manipulative ability is all but lost.

There will certainly (I hope) be a time when establishing a permanent
manned presence in space is called for, but now is not the time.

gerry


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gerry roston, field robotics center
robotics institute, carnegie mellon university
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 15213  (412) 268-6557
gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu