March 13, 2008

Space Robot to join International Space Station.

"Robotic servicing is likely to play a key role in the future of space exploration." My middle school sense of humour will never let me down.

posted by salokin88 16 years ago
  • Yeah, but if you want more than that, it costs $4,000.
  • salokin88 -- any relation to rocket88?
  • On behalf of Canada, I'd like to apologize to the world for calling the robot Dextre instead of Dexter.
  • Yes. It's terribly gauche.
  • Very adroit of you to notice.
  • Oh that's so passe.
  • Damme, I'll bet that Dextre weighs a tonne.
  • "...MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, the renowned Canadian robotics company that has led the development of Dextre." Canadian? Not any more. The possibilities are so sinister...
  • TOP TEN THINGS THE SPACE SHUTTLE'S ROBOTIC ARM WILL DO NOW THAT IT IS AMERICAN: 10. Monitor all astronauts' radio communications and e-mail. 9. Unilaterally invade the cargo bay. 8. Ignore shuttle's ceramic tile flaws so that it can examine Roger Clemens' medical history. 7. Declare Mission Accomplished while still on launch pad. 6. Tell other robotic arms that it is The Decider arm. 5. Oh, you guys take it from here....
  • [photo caption from TFA] Canadarm2 picks Dextre up by the head and moves it to its work site Would you say that this is an example of heavy-handed marketing? If it were made by the French, would they call it Gendarme2?
  • Wonkette's take: The U.S. military has launched a Secret Space Rocket that is going to send Muppet alien Eliot Spitzer back to his maiden planet, and when it lands he will hit a trigger in the hatch that he thinks will let him out but in fact it will explode, as per the wishes of Joe Bruno. Nobody except the Associated Press and the whole world is allowed to know about it, because it is secret! God, I love them sometimes.
  • Linking Spitzer and the 'yip-yip-yip' Muppet was inspired...
  • Actually, I have no idea if that was about the space robot. It did, however, have the word "space" in it.