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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: Divert NASA budget to robotics
Message-ID: <18608@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 16 Jul 90 19:16:23 GMT
References: <2787@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Organization: The Cat Factory
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I'd hoped this would go away if ignored.  I see it won't (and I hate
waiting for kill files to cycle through).  This is a second attempt to
pour some water on the flames.

NASA is in charge of all our manned space exploration.  That's their job.
Any robotics involved is strictly as support for the human crews.

Our unmanned space effort is run by JPL.  That's their job.  They compete
with NASA for funding.  They do a _lot_ more robotics research.

If you want more robots in space, lobby for more funding for JPL projects.
Asking NASA to do it is like asking the National Endowment for the Arts to
fund low income housing.  It's not their job.  Pestering them about it
will only piss them off.

Now, may we _please_ get back to discussing "what is" and "what could be"
and move "what should be" to sci.space?

-- 
The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@ttidca.tti.com)
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