[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]Since your ability to understand language is fvcked up a the moment, perhaps you didn't catch that I was suggesting that there's always the concept of such to consider, not necessarily that they currently exist.
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And solving the problems presented by having semi-autonomous rovers on Mars can be applied to such things as ship navigation, remote automated reconnaissance, and so on...you know, like the rams and probes in my following posts.
What they're doing with automatic avoidance and detection, as well as autonomous route planning is cutting-edge.
Maybe you should stop and consider the whole idea on a more technical level, because you're quite wrong.
MrGeezer
Oh, you need to go to Mars to work on semi-autonomous rovers? That can't be done on Earth? Again, when talking about the benefits of the space program, the only thing you've talked about is "getting off this rock", and you started right out of the gate. If you seriously thinks that's why NASA exists, if you think that's why it should continue getting funding, then you're just delusional. F*** practical applications, f*** knowledge for knowledge's sake, we get to live on other planets. :roll:It's the unforeseen issues that are of technical value, you know, ones that would never occur should such take place on Earth. Further, it's important to understand how things work differently in environments that aren't Earth.
And I never once said that such is the only reason for going to Mars, as the science research being done on the planet itself is important. I was merely extrapolating the lessons and reasoning to something most people don't stop to consider.
I think you're in search of an argument. Here's a hint: go elsewhere.:roll:
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