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WCDT Strips 3191-3195 (4th to 8th April 2016)
Penquin47:
Main advantages humans have over rovers: intelligence and judgment. You can "program" a human with a lot more tasks at once than a rover, because if a human runs into an unforeseen development, they have training and judgment to decide how to proceed, rather than having to call home, wait while the scientists on Earth figure out what to do based on limited data, and receive new instructions.
Example: one of the Venus landers was supposed to extend a probe to test the compressability of the Venusian surface. Due to bad luck, it ended up measuring the compressability of the lens cap of its camera. For a human, this is a five-second fix - kick the lens cap out of the way or move the probe five centimeters thataway. For the lander, this was unsolvable.
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Apr 2016, 18:57 ---The principal investigator for the Mars rovers said a human could match a day's worth of rover work in 30 to 45 seconds.
--- End quote ---
A day's worth, or a sol's worth?
mr.jacob:
It's interesting that this is how Jeph draws punk-ass kids, since so many of his other characters are into alt looks
tho the one with the dyed hair is the most sensible one, so maybe that point is moot
bhtooefr:
Fucking Corpse Witch...
Near Lurker:
The rant says Linkin Park, but I've got to be honest, I'm hearing a certain Disney song.
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