Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
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Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
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Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#2Father of Lisp was also Grandfather of the Mars Rovers!
Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#3Father of Lisp was also Grandfather of the Mars Rovers!
He probably forethought of controlling rovers while designing Lisp. Genius man.
Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#4It's got some Carl Sagan in it. Very good find.
Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#5Great vision from a great man.
Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#6Father of Lisp was also Grandfather of the Mars Rovers!
And the name of the proposed rover was "Beagle"!
Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#7Hey, HN Admins, is it really necessary to micro-manage the titles?! I had “by John McCarthy” (which is highly relevant, and in the next line in the doc)! It’s just a bit prissy to have to have the titles your favorite way all the time. Please stop it, and if you need to micromanage peoples posts, you should be working for Wikipedia. Yeah, yeah, I know ... OFF TOPIC!
Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#8Others might also find this History of Lisp at JPL (used on both spacecraft and rovers) interesting:
Re: Computer control of a machine for exploring Mars (1964) [pdf]
#9The Automated Biological Laboratory https://archive.org/stream/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19660027176/#pa...
In OPs link there is a committee that says "No pics from mars, it's too hard to do", and then there is John talking about it like it's obvious pictures needs to be taken..