http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-384534 CC Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:26:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14384#comment-384534 I find this humorous. They are going to plant a flag, for what? Claim the moon? As if the US flag there gives us the rights to the moon? What a waste of money, just to plant a flag on something you can't claim. And hell, at least the US sent humans to "claim" it. The next major war will start when Japan, China, and Russia refuse to share "their" moon. Like Russia planting a flag in the Artic (or where ever it was)...I could think of a million things Japan could use this money on. I find this humorous. They are going to plant a flag, for what? Claim the moon? As if the US flag there gives us the rights to the moon? What a waste of money, just to plant a flag on something you can’t claim. And hell, at least the US sent humans to “claim” it. The next major war will start when Japan, China, and Russia refuse to share “their” moon. Like Russia planting a flag in the Artic (or where ever it was)…I could think of a million things Japan could use this money on.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-170953 Stag Wed, 05 May 2010 19:46:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14384#comment-170953 @Peepors It's much safer to send a robot to the moon, and you can give it a suite full of sensors and manipulative appendages if it is humanoid. With a robot, you dont have to use life support in the ship that goes to the moon, saving a huge amount of mass and energy for the shuttle: no oxygen, no pressurization, no heat besides what is neccesary to keep electronics from freezing, minimal radiation shielding, etc. Once it is on the moon, it can move around and do more than a human encased in a suit could. I agree that the humanoid part is a bit more than needed, but in any case, a robot is a good idea. @Peepors
It’s much safer to send a robot to the moon, and you can give it a suite full of sensors and manipulative appendages if it is humanoid. With a robot, you dont have to use life support in the ship that goes to the moon, saving a huge amount of mass and energy for the shuttle: no oxygen, no pressurization, no heat besides what is neccesary to keep electronics from freezing, minimal radiation shielding, etc. Once it is on the moon, it can move around and do more than a human encased in a suit could. I agree that the humanoid part is a bit more than needed, but in any case, a robot is a good idea.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-170882 Peepors Wed, 05 May 2010 17:55:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14384#comment-170882 I'm wondering why no one else has put a mission into action by having real humans go to the Moon. Instead people planing on sending a robot by 2015. It's been decades since we've been to the Moon, but people want to send a problematic robot there??? Maybe this is perhaps because none of us have actually been to the Moon and back. I’m wondering why no one else has put a mission into action by having real humans go to the Moon. Instead people planing on sending a robot by 2015. It’s been decades since we’ve been to the Moon, but people want to send a problematic robot there??? Maybe this is perhaps because none of us have actually been to the Moon and back.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-170879 jumblepudding Wed, 05 May 2010 17:42:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14384#comment-170879 The Japanese seem to get excited about humanoid robots outside the realm of all practicality. The Japanese seem to get excited about humanoid robots outside the realm of all practicality.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-170712 GuruOfChem Wed, 05 May 2010 14:31:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14384#comment-170712 Steps Obama just won't take, Walking on the Moon... Steps Obama just won’t take,
Walking on the Moon…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-170705 GuruOfChem Wed, 05 May 2010 14:02:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14384#comment-170705 Man, I hope its legs don't break, Walking on the Moon... Man, I hope its legs don’t break,
Walking on the Moon…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/04/japanese-consortium-well-send-a-humanoid-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-170669 Cap'n Solo Wed, 05 May 2010 11:56:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14384#comment-170669 Tell C3PO to look for the rover while he's up there. Tell C3PO to look for the rover while he’s up there.

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