From: dstamp@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Dave Stampe-Psy+Eng)
Subject: Re: INDUSTRY: NASA develops "telepresence" for exploration (Forwarded)
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1992 19:58:30 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Feb5.195830.22487@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo


>Crossposted from space.news (thanks to Kai-Mikael Jaa-Aro, in Stockholm)
>
>NASA DEVELOPS "TELEPRESENCE" FOR EXPLORATION
>
>        Astronauts may someday explore Mars without leaving their 
>base camp using "telepresence," a unique mix of science and 
>engineering that NASA is now developing.

Didn't mention how they're planning to get around the 40-minute minimum 
round-trip speed-of-light delay between Earth and Mars...  Even the 1.5
second delay between the Earth and Moon will cause problems in a lot
of applications.

Anyone have more on this?

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