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robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
« on: April 15, 2010, 10:28:33 PM »

R2 will launch on space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-133 mission planned for September...watch the video here..
http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/
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Re: robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2010, 11:32:47 PM »
Yep! "it" will have no problem spending time in the payload bay  8)

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Re: robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2010, 11:46:55 PM »
In thirty years time the robots will form unions and demand to fly in the comfort of the middeck!

In can see long ev being replaced with robots, which makes sense. Also on mission to moon/mars they'll be common place for ev aspects of the mission, whilst in flight
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Re: robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2010, 03:22:27 AM »
Sorry Dave I can't do that!!

damn if this don't sound like a movie plot
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