From: utzoo!decvax!cca!LRC.Slocum@UTEXAS-20@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: remote control mining Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3013 Posted: Mon Aug 30 22:47:56 1982 Received: Wed Sep 8 02:09:47 1982 From: Jonathan SlocumHow do you control a piece of equipment with a built-in 2 1/2 second MINIMUM reaction time? Answer: not with any reliability at all, in even a moderate environment. And on the moon -- MINING, no less??? As the Navy and other deep-sea operators know, there are lots of situations where remotes do well -- but there are even more where they do not. For most purposes, you've got to be there yourself. That's why there is so much interest in manned deep-submergence vessels, diving tables, and the like. All this, with NO perceptible control delay, and some of the finest equipment money can buy -- at vastly cheaper prices than equivalent capability deposited (intact) on the surface of the moon by any currently available or near-term future means. So don't go staking your claims... -------