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Subject: Re: teleoperators in the lab
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Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 08:47:12 EST
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The astronauts trained for many hours on how to repair Solar Max.
They knew what was wrong with it, and how to fix it.  In the case
of unexpected difficulties, all they could do was prepare backup
plans.  When the astronaut in the MMU failed to hard dock with
Solar Max, they tried the arm and got it.  I think this is another
case where it was cheaper and faster to train humans than to design
specialized gadgets to do it automatically.
				Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn