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Energy Firm Wants To Be First To Mine the Moon
coondoggie writes "By 2020, the Shackleton Energy Company says it intends to be operating the world's first lunar base and propellant depot for all manner of spacecraft. Shackleton stated that after a phase of robotic prospecting, its crews will establish the infrastructure in space and basecamps in the lunar polar crater regions to supervise industrial machinery for mining, processing and transporting lunar products to market in Low Earth Orbit and beyond. The company said it will use a mix of industrial astronauts and advanced robotic systems to provide a strategically-assured, continuous supply of propellants for spacecraft."
Honda's demonstration robot is Asimo. Assimo, I'm guessing, will be one of the first mass-produced fembot sex toys.
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[quote]The company said it will use a mix of industrial astronauts and advanced robotic systems[/quote]
Great, just what we need -- mass-produced clones having an existential break-down while being gently prodded on by a robot with the voice of Kevin Spacey.
No that would be "Phallustron" :-P
(I know it sounds weird if you're used to Spanish names, but in Japan it's not unusual for women to have first names ending with "o")
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TV: "In 2020 we'll land privately-owned vvehicles on the moon-"
Viewer:"Yaaaaaaaay"
TV" "-in order to rape its resources."
Viewer: "fuuuuuuuck"
Assimo will be mining Uranus.
Actually, there are 2 moon bases, or moon units: Moon Unit Alpha and Moon Unit Zappa.
I am officially gone from
I'm planning an occupy Moon Unit Zappa movement.
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That's about as likely as a company naming itself Cyberdyne and developing semi-autonomous robots...Oh wait!
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