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The Next Leap In Space Exploration

Posted by Zonk on from the not-made-by-man dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The crew of the space shuttle Endeavor recently returned to Earth as ambassadors, harbingers of a new era of space exploration. Scientists at NASA are saying that the recent assembly of the Dextre bot is the first step in a long-term space-based man/machine partnership. '"The work we're doing now -- the robotics we're doing -- is what we're going to need to do to build any work station or habitat structure on the moon or Mars," said Allard Beutel, a spokesman for NASA. "Yes, this is just the beginning." Further joint human-robot projects will "be a symbiotic relationship. It's part of a long-term effort for us to branch out into the solar system. We're going to need this type of hand-in-robotic-hand [effort] to make this happen. We're in the infancy of space exploration. We have to start somewhere and this is as good a place as any."'"

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  1. Space 1999 by pw1972 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Space 1999 is what we would be living it we didn't have NASA and it's bureaucracy.

  2. Re:Maybe I am in a bad mood today but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The future of the US space program:

    • Obama gets elected and cancels Constellation to buy voters elsewhere
    • Another shuttle blows up/disintegrates finishing ISS. All remaining shuttles grounded, future flights canceled


    So don't worry about it. Our space program is just about finished.

  3. Re:Maybe I am in a bad mood today but.. by Ozric · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am in a really bad mood.

    I feel like asking .....

    What fills us with the need to go f*#k up another planet?

  4. Re:Not even close by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, Let's shit all over NASA PR. That's going to be real helpful for the space program! Eat shit and die you clown.