April 06, 2004
Using robots to fix the Hubble

Since NASA is too scared to send any astronauts up in the Shuttle, and since Bush has decided to sideline the Hubble, scientists are increasingly trying to figure out innovative ways to keep the thing running. The latest idea? Send up robots! From MSNBC:
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is now reviewing ideas from a variety of groups, including university and major aerospace firms. According to Space.com sources, Goddard has received 27 proposals ranging from a few pages to a 200-page tome from a leading aerospace firm.
Posted by Clive Thompson at April 06, 2004 12:10 AM
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Dang tooting. If Rodney Brooks designs them, they'll charm the country into funding it, too.
Rodney Brooks should *so* build that robot. Heh.