Cyberpunk vs Reality <Rant warning.>

From: Axel Walthelm [mailto:Axel.Walthelm@...]

> But we should be aware: doing this kind of automation for mines on the

> moon is magnitudes more difficult. Those tele-operated machines are
> specialized for some rather simple task. Doing the maintenance is
> still done by humans and needs a lot of general purpose manipulation
> skills. And it would be interesting to learn how often something
> breaks and has to be replaced...

All valid points which only mean that we cannot depend 100% on
teleoperation, not that it might not be of tremendous benefit. For the
foreseeable future, some humans will remain in the loop.

Regards,

Mike Combs