Dust
You know how it is, you are completely clean. You take a rocket ride millions of miles to the next planet, Mars. Landing is OK.
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| landing was A-OK |
Your mission is going pretty well until: Dust storms ! It happened to NASA's lander, Insight:
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| that rusty brown color of Mars |
But didn't Hanna-Barbera solve this problem almost 60 years ago ?
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| 10-7-1962 Jetson's Night Out (yes, I was 7 years old when I saw this) |
Just a little whisk broom on an arm, how hard could that be to add to the next lander ?
Seriously, maybe after landing people on the moon again and Mars we can finally solve the problem of cleaning here on earth. Because if it isn't solved there's gonna be trouble up there. Some speculate that any time outside will be dealt with with an extension of the Japanese custom of removing your shoes, just remove your entire suit and leave the dust in the airlock.
Incidentally, as far as football, why don't we have robot pro football ?
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| The Ringers in blue, the Marauders in red, robot football was 10 on 10 in 1962 ? |
We have Madden. But instead of controlling video polygons, why not have the game control 22 of these guys:
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| 9 more of these guys and we have a team |
Add some hands, uniforms, a little software and BANG ! We've got a new spectator sport. Maybe each robot has it's own human controller ?
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| Coach Lasky, master of push-button defense |
No human injuries other than maybe a thumb sprain ? At least it could be tried for the off-season !
C'mon NFL, feed the beast with robot football ! Maybe we could have Canadian rules and each team could add a 12th player, Spot ?
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| Atlas and Spot from Boston Dynamics |
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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