Robot Helps NASA Refocus On Hubble

The ailing Hubble telescope keeps refusing to die; jdoire points out this story at the Washington Post which reads in part "Largely because of the Canadian robot named 'Dextre,' NASA has gone in less than a year from virtually writing off the Hubble to embracing a mission that will cost between $1 billion and $1.6 billion and approach in complexity the hardest jobs the agency has ever undertaken." (We last mentioned Dextre back in August.)

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In Canada..

[euxneks]

We make our astronauts. =)

Engrish

[Anonymous Coward]

Canadian robot named 'Dextre'

Known as 'Dexter' in the USA.

Ozone Layer

[Mark_MF-WN]

I'll bet we can destroy the entire ozone layer for a fraction of the cost of one shuttle mission! Then we can use cheap ground-based telescopes to do UV imaging. And as an added benefit, it will kickstart the next stage of human mutation and evolution!

Exploration Vision

[Anonymous Coward]

How will this affect the New Exploration Vision, which is already severely underfunded because politicians lack vision?

In other news,

[n1ywb]

word is that a hostile robot named Mandark may try to disrupt the mission.