| Have you ever noticed that when you watch a | | | | have to worry about water, recycling, food, |
| football game on TV it is literally better than being | | | | space radiation, psychological issues of |
| there? I mean, you can see every play perfectly | | | | confinement and bio system issues with entropy. |
| on the large screen flat-panel display. It may not | | | | None of these issues concern a robot. You simply |
| be as exciting and your seats at home may not | | | | turn them off until they arrived and power them |
| be as sticky, but the view is great in | | | | up and bingo! This is not to say that we should |
| high-definition, surround a sound and full-color. | | | | not send humans into space, sure we should, but |
| Additionally you can watch the instant replays. | | | | lets send the AI robots first, then within five to |
| Now consider the advantages of sending robotic | | | | ten years send up the people. |
| artificial intelligence androids and rovers to do our | | | | Additionally a 10 months trip to Mars might be |
| planetary exploration and send us back full video | | | | completely boring with not a lot to see. And once |
| feed. We can then take these videos and put | | | | you get there, there is not a lot to do. They're |
| them up onto IMAX or holographically display | | | | just is not a lot going on; on the surface of Mars. |
| them in your living room via the latest | | | | However there are times when the view is |
| technologies of Xbox IV. Just like being there. | | | | unbelievable and those memorable experiences |
| Why do I say this is so exciting, because it costs | | | | can be caught on Memorex for all the world to |
| one helluva lot of money to send humans into | | | | see. Consider this in 2006. |
| space. You see, when you send humans you | | | | |