In a message dated 8/2/2001 3:19:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de writes:
<< This is bogus, of course. Staying in LEO damages you, and not only due to
the noise and the chemical contamination. Monkeys are not built for space,
not even microgravity. >>
I suspect the Japanese will be 1st to go teleoperational on the moon, just
because their tech literature seems to be more focused on that endeavor.
Secondly, we haven't done any experiments with humans living in large
inertial force (centrifugal) space stations or spaceships.
So monkeys need their chance in the solar system too. That is, unless SI's
or former humans (Exe's as Hans Moravec termed them), zoom through the solar
system at massive speed. Even then, humans will want a jaunt, and Yes, we
weren't built for zero-G, so we will have to build our spaceships and
habitats to produce movement that will Trick the circulatory system, skeletal
system, endocrine glands, and neurology to "act" as if it needs to resist
Gravity.
If those experiments Fail bigtime, at sustaining monkey-life, then I will
concede that you are right, and its Robots or nothing. Until then, the Jury
is still out, because we haven't run any significant experiments to indicate
yes or no.
Ape-like in all ways, Mitch
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