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Robot Helps NASA Refocus On Hubble

Posted by timothy on from the use-more-helicopters-next-time dept.

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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  1. In Canada.. by euxneks · · Score: 4, Funny

    We make our astronauts. =)

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    in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
  2. Engrish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Canadian robot named 'Dextre'

    Known as 'Dexter' in the USA.

  3. Ozone Layer by Mark_MF-WN · · Score: 3, Funny

    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!