Registered: Oct 2010 Posts: 16030 - Threads: 196 Location: london
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Stakker wrote on 06-08-2012 12:29 PM
Self-replicating robots, Mars will be colonised at an exponential rate, in 50 years our kids will have to unite the planet to resist invasion by Curiosity's progeny.
Arm up, people.
Ha, don't tell stace that, she is scared sensless of robots.
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Registered: Oct 2004 Posts: 9300 - Threads: 30 Location: London
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Pacman wrote on 06-08-2012 12:33 PM
There's a bit of distance between you and it.
The nuclear battery is a good idea, one of the things that really restricted the last rovers has been keeping their solar panels clean enough to keep them warm over winter, and obviously they had to sleep at night. With a nuclear power source this bad boy should be able to keep going 24/7 for up to 14 years.
That sounds like a description of Webbo's partying 'career'!
Suffering from a small case of mood poisoning, must be something I hate.