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Article #1752Re: How to Explore Mars
From: Eric Paulos
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 23:08
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 23:08
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I believe that many small robots is the only viable method to explore planets because it allows redundance as a feasible option. The risks involved in a single large robot are far to great to take considering the numerous variables involved in planetary exploration. As an example NASA used TWO voyagers and TWO martian landers in the mid-seventies. Numerous, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Paulos Robotics Laboratory paulos@robotics.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley (510) 642-3248 Berkeley, CA 94720 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!biosci!agate!pasteur!roma.berkeley.edu!paulos From: paulos@roma.berkeley.edu (Eric Paulos) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: How to Explore Mars Message-ID: <1993Jan8.230824.12476@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 8 Jan 93 23:08:24 GMT References: <HAGERMAN.93Jan7224103@rx7.ece.cmu.edu> Sender: nntp@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU (NNTP Poster) Reply-To: paulos@roma.berkeley.edu (Eric Paulos) Organization: Robotics Laboratory UC Berkeley Lines: 11 Nntp-Posting-Host: roma.berkeley.edu