Subject: Considerations For Space Exploration Via Orbiting Low-Latency Telepresence (LLT)
From: Daniel Adamo <[email-masked]>
To: ATIG <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 21:03:48 -0700

ATIG Members-

The attached white paper is my primary technical input to a Keck Institute
for Space Studies (KISS) report on space exploration enhanced by LLT.
Workshops associated with the "study" mentioned in this paper were held in
October 2016 (ref. 
http://kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/telepresence/telepresence.html) and in
July 2017 (ref. 
http://kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/telepresence/telepresence2.html).  The
report is expected to have a principle focus on enhanced science returns
from LLT as opposed to more traditional human exploration paradigms such as
Apollo Program lunar EVAs.  My input seeks to provide motivation for LLT
with humans in an orbiting habitat proximal to an off-Earth exploration
destination at which robotic surrogates have been emplaced.  Criteria
serving to select an optimal orbit for such LLT are also suggested,

As always, corrections and comments on this paper are welcome.  I'm hopeful
the KISS study report will be published before 2018, and I'll pass along a
copy or download URL when that milestone is achieved.

-Dan