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Telepresence to Mars?
September 8, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
Mars & Phobos [1680x1050] by TopTechWriter.US
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In a recent article in the EE Times, John Merchant thinks we could all visit Mars via telepresence technology. Here’s what he says in part:
We have not gone onto Mars because of the enormous difficulty and the enormous cost of a manned mission to that planet. However there is another much easier, and much more affordable way – telepresence.
Telepresence is an emerging technology that could enable humans to function in, and experience, a distant space environment such as Mars as effectively, for all practical purposes, as actually going there – but without going there!
Wow – sure beats a telepresence meeting with the overseas office!
