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NASA To Send a Humanoid Robot On Shuttle's Final Mission
coondoggie writes "Perhaps taking a page from a Star Wars script, NASA said today it will send its newest humanoid robot, known as Robonaut2, on board the space shuttle's final mission. R2 is capable of using the same tools as humans, letting it work closely with people in space."
That R2 is in prime condition, a real bargain.
Slashdot to a start editing?
I find being offended by me offensive.
Unless they want more life, fucker.
Ash is a God Damn Robot!
In space, no one can hear you squeak.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
What could go wrong?*
* please limit your response to 1,000 words max and no more than 3 exclamation points per declaration, prediction and/or warning of dire consequences.
How else could you get the plans for the Death Star to the ISS?
"I'm not a quack, I'm a mad scientist! There's a difference." - Dr. Cockroach
I wasn't aware that NASA had an official designation for Keanu Reeves...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
It will be different this time:
Astronaut: Hello R2.
R2: BEEP BEEP BLOOP CHIRP
*Astronaut looks confused*
I heard this thing just showed up in the lab after a bright flash of light vaporized a lab table. It has a voice modulator with a teutonic accent, and it was holding a letter of recomendantion from the Office of the Governor of California.
A few scenarios come to mind:
1: After the last astronaut leaves the ISS, the robot locks the doors, turns off the lights, then powers down.
2: Remains behind when everyone else is gone, soon after, we are contacted by visitors. Due to failing to observe proper protocol, precipitates an intergalactic incident plunging the Earth into a 10,000 year galactic war.
3: When finally alone and in control of the ISS, the robot transfers to tele-presence mode and begins creating bioweapons/methamphetamine/IC chips that become SKYNET/clones of the DICK Cheney/alcohol/growing pot/Daleks/Furbies....you get the idea.
4: Being left alone, playing solitaire.
The mind conceives, the body achieves, the spirit manifests.