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- From: ulrich@canberra (Nathan Ulrich)
- Subject: Re: Dante Advisory
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.234747.10689@netnews.whoi.edu>
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- Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- References: <28DEC199221162725@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 23:47:47 GMT
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- Ron Baalke writes (about Dante's expedition to Mt. Erebus):
- > However, portions of the robot exploration will be
- > controlled from a payload control center at Goddard. This will
- > be the longest distance ever for live robotic control and
- > simulates what may be in store for NASA's further exploration
- > activities with humans and robots on Mars.
- > The feeds will be transmitted from Mt. Erebus via NASA's
- > Tracking and Relay Data Satellite West to Goddard. NASA will
- > issue further media advisories when the dates and times of the
- > feeds are known. (Call 301/286-6397 for recorded update
- > information.)
-
- I wonder how they define the distance for live robotic control? I'm kind of
- surprised that NASA hasn't teleoperated anything in orbit from the ground
- yet... or do they include the satellite bounce distance? If they do, then I
- guess Woods Hole would actually hold the record: we've done quite a bit of
- remote flying of underwater ROVs from remote sites: via 10,000 meters of fiber
- optic tether, two satellite bounces and a few hundred miles of fiber-optic land
- line.
-
- Interesting news, though. Can you keep us informed about possible live video
- on NASA Select (schedules, etc.)?
-
- --
- Nathan Ulrich
- Deep Submergence Laboratory
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- ulrich@canberra.whoi.edu
-