Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Space travel and the spirit of man
Message-ID: <1989Feb9.211549.19516@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 89 21:15:49 GMT

In article <665@uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny@uceng.UC.EDU (daniel mocsny) writes:
>> >The robotic and tele-operated technology we _must_ have to establish
>> >and maintain a manned presence is not yet mature.
>> Gee, and I thought Mir didn't use robotics and tele-operated technology
>> to maintain a manned presence in space ...  are you shure _must_ is
>> the right word?
>
>When I say "manned presence," I refer to something a bit more substantial
>than demonstration/research projects, and something that might eventually
>act as something other than an economic sink...

Fair enough... but you still haven't explained why robotics and teleoperation
are so vital to it.  To repeat Mike's question:  are you sure "must" is
the right word?
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