From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <411b93a3.17408397@supernews.seanet.com>,   
   Derek Lyons  wrote:   
   >>>...It seems that satellites of any size can be   
   >>>assembled in orbit by telemanipulators.   
   >>That's an interesting theory, to date completely unsupported by actual   
   >>demonstrated results.  (The robotics guys I know would probably ask what   
   >>you've been drinking.)  The proven way to do orbital assembly is with   
   >>people, not robots, doing the work.   
   >   
   >I note that *he* said telemanipulators, *you* said robots.  The two   
   >are not quite the same thing.   
      
   The terminology is not reliably precise enough to make such fine   
   distinctions; the robotic hardware in question is all teleoperated.   
   (Some of the robotics guys in question worked on the exact hardware   
   he thinks is so miraculous.  It's not.)   
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