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The Eyes of the Space Shuttle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tech-that's-really-out-there dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Now that Discovery astronaut Steve Robinson has successfully removed two pieces of fabric poking out of the shuttle's heat shield, a question remains: how did NASA discover these anomalies in the first place? In this article, Forbes.com writes that NASA can say thank you to a private Canadian company, Neptec, and its Laser Camera system (LCS). Neptec is working with NASA for ten years now, but it was the first time that its vision technology was used for external damage assessment of a shuttle. As NASA says it may cancel some future shuttle flights, Neptec plans to implement its 3-D imaging technology in military situations and on the battlefield. But read more for other details, references and pictures about this imaging technology."

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  1. Re:Get A Life by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Aren't you the Anonymous Coward I reduced to tears last month, by pointing out your mommy wasn't here to protect you?

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  2. Here's Canada: Look at me! by robocrop · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously, I'm not anti-Canadian, but why is it that any time something Canadian on the space shuttle is used, it's all over the news? You made the arm and the camera ... and we're proud of you and they appear to work quite well. But enough already. It's like the kid who put the decals on the model claiming responsibility for building it.