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Project M Could Send Every Scientist To the Moon, By Proxy

Posted by timothy on from the why-leave-the-house dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this interesting bit of speculation: "NASA can put humanoids on the Moon in just 1000 days. They would be controlled by scientists on Earth using motion capture suits, giving them the feeling of being on the lunar surface. If they can achieve this for real, the results for science research of our satellite could be amazing."

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  1. Re:The speed of light is a bit of a problem by colonelquesadilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't get instant feedback from the moon. There's a slight delay. So, it doesn't really feel like you are holding something in your hands unless you're standing still. It mostly feels like you're drunk when you operate a waldo with a delay. People are going to have to get trained to deal with that.

    We train for that in grad school.

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