How independent will space robots be on the station
NASA researchers compare automated beam builders and SABER with astronauts and onboard AI. The Ames Center leads work on robotics and space related computer science to enable machines to act with limited human control during shuttle and space station construction and operation.
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U.S
Grumman Aerospace Corp
NASA
Saber
Voyager
Earth
Ames Research Centre
Moffet Field
Calif
Information Sciences Office
Henry Lum
SMART
Ames
Nas facility to house first fluid cooled supercomputers
The NAS project unites the world’s two most powerful computers in Ames to advance aircraft design climate modeling and space robot research. Fluid cooling using medical plasma fluid promises rapid upgrades as machines grow more capable.
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NASA
NAS
Ames
Star Wars wagon train to a brighter tomorrow warned
Lieutenant General Ken Lewis, ex NORAD deputy commander and now president of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, warned Canadians and the Mulroney government that the Star Wars program is about to depart. He urged joining it to reach a future for the 155 member companies, pondering if attacks or U.S. cavalry would shape the trek toward a Reagan era utopia.
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Ken Lewis
NORAD
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado
John Wayne
Aerospace Industries Association of Canada
Mulroney
Aerospace Association
U.S. Cavalry
Ronald Reagan
Former air commander critiques SDI debate in Canada
John R. Walker discusses Canada’s stance on the American Space Based Missile Defence Initiative. He criticizes hysteria and rhetoric surrounding Star Wars. He rebukes defence officials for avoiding the issue and notes the $26 billion program is complex for ordinary Canadians to grasp.
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Lewis
Canada
Barbara Amiel
Air Command
Doonesbury Pushes SDI Venture for Canada Joining Fast
The column notes Doonesbury contemplates a complex surgical metaphor and argues Canada should join the SDI project early to secure future American defense contracts. It acknowledges technical doubts but urges prudent exploration of viability for the team benefit.
SDI push sparks aerospace race fear in Canada
The commentary argues that Star Wars SDI would trigger an arms race in space and a Soviet push to enlarge its nuclear forces. It cautions Canadian firms face limited access to classified SDI research, notes U.S. aerospace influence, and suggests Ottawa will wait for Washington reports before acting.
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Lewis
Washington
U.S
Pentagon
SDI
Mulroney
Arthur Kroeger
House Senate Committee
Gen. Lewis
Southam News
Mulroney casts budget as trial balloon amid pension cuts
In Ottawa Prime Minister Brian Mulroney softens the budget claim of a $2 billion deficit reduction by 1990, labeling it a proposal rather than a firm plan. He warns that changes to old age pension indexing and family allowances may not take effect until 1986 and questions the credibility of Michael Wilson’s projections.
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Ottawa
Michael Wilson
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
Parliament Hill
Wilson
Southam News
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