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From: barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Scuttle the Shuttle?(Boskone Panalist, etc.)
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 18:59:26 EST
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Dale:
> The same point applies equally well for teleoperated devices.
> If they were so great, and the time lag easily overcome, they
> would be widely used. 

If they could overcome political/sociological resistance to them.  Look
at Japan's overwhelming use of robotics in industry compared to the U.S.
There are more barriers than technology in this maze.

Barb

"...from depths unseen and dreams undreamt, I sing the gleaming
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