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On Orbit => Real NASA Space Shuttle Missions => Topic started by: Puma on April 15, 2010, 04:28:33 PM

Title: robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
Post by: Puma on April 15, 2010, 04:28:33 PM
(http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/421729main_jsc20093155300_226.jpg)
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/ (http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/)
Title: Re: robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
Post by: Admin on April 15, 2010, 05:32:47 PM
Yep! "it" will have no problem spending time in the payload bay  8)

/Admin
Title: Re: robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
Post by: desktopsimmer on April 15, 2010, 05:46:55 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
Title: Re: robonaut 2 aboard STS-133
Post by: simking on April 15, 2010, 09:22:27 PM
Sorry Dave I can't do that!!

damn if this don't sound like a movie plot
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