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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: teleoperators
Message-ID: <1397@ames.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 15:24:37 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 16 15:24:37 1986
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Paul Deitz writes:
> I see no reason why such a device
> couldn't be built for more than a few hundred thousand dollars (ignoring
> development costs).  Even if space qualification multiplies that
> by ten it should still make sense for EVA in low orbit.
> Development costs are harder to estimate.  
 
Well, is that is the case, why don't you form a company and build such
a device?  If Fortune Systems could get $110M, I'm certain you can
easily raise $1M.  I personally think your estimates are off by one
order of magnitude, but don't let me stop you.  I left the "Development
costs" in there as your floater.  If you build something decent,
I'll point you to the door in NASA to sell such a device.  I just
want to do for you what Seymour Cray does for every person who comes
to him with an idea to improve one of his machines: Go do it.

From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
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