How much got spent already on the robot idea? Remember FTS? It was difficult enough just to control one from the vicinity on "station". Finally was killed.
Yeah, there are an awful lot of autonomy issues involved with proximity operations. If you could put a man in the loop... of course, that means you need absolutely solid continuous comm, which raises the stakes quite a bit.
Hmmmm.... Come Monday, I think I'll spring this one on my class.