To The Moon - well send in the Avatar - the robots - the game simulation

Since we don't seem to be in any hurry to send humans back to the Moon for real, I have been spending my time in my own dreams of human like robots that can think and are intelligent.- LRK ------------------------------------------http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Life-Overview-Christopher-Langton/dp/0262121891Artificial Life: An Overview [Hardcover]Christopher G. Langton (Editor)Product DescriptionArtificial life, a field that seeks to increase the role of synthesis in the study of biological phenomena, has great potential, both for unlocking the secrets of life and for raising a host of disturbing issues -- scientific and technical as well as philosophical and ethical. This book brings together a series of overview articles that appeared in the first three issues of the groundbreaking journal Artificial Life, along with a new introduction by Christopher Langton, Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Life, founder of the discipline, and Director of the Artificial Life Program at the Santa Fe Institute.snip-----------------------------------------You may have watched the movie AVATAR (2009) and wondered what it would be like to be able to put yourself into an immersion chamber and experience what a synthetic life form would experience. Could we do the same for sending a NON Human to the Moon, since sending Human Humans seems to be questionable?- LRK ------------------------------------------http://www.fandango.com/avatar2009_103067/movieoverview Avatar ...