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Hop

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From: Ajo

Registered: 2004-04-19

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Re: Nasa looking at telemanipulators for Hubble

From an Andrew Nowicki post in sci.space.policy:

NASA is going to use a telemanipulator to replace batteries
and gyroscopes of the Hubble Space Telescope:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/h … 40504.html

Telemanipulator terminology:
http://www.engr.utk.edu/maes/ff/rlk/iee … /rlk/ieee/

Why am I posting this in Human Missions?

Presently orbital assembly is very difficult because pressurized suit gloves have "cucumber fingers", almost useless for most construction work.

Improved telemanipulators would be an extremely useful tool in space development/exploration.

Astronauts on the Moon or Mars would be able to work within their habs and thus avoid opening their airlocks and letting out air as well as letting dust in.

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clark

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Registered: 2001-09-20

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Re: Nasa looking at telemanipulators for Hubble

Travel afar, and never step foot outside. [sigh]

Just another version of the American Vacation.  :sleep:

Josh Cryer

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Registered: 2001-09-29

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Re: Nasa looking at telemanipulators for Hubble

Science can never win in your eyes, eh clark?

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Hop

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From: Ajo

Registered: 2004-04-19

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Re: Nasa looking at telemanipulators for Hubble

Travel afar, and never step foot outside. [sigh]

Just another version of the American Vacation.  :sleep:

Who said _never_ step outside?

Using telemanipulators to do routine vehicle and hab maintenance may be less costly and dangerous.

This is not a prohibition against humans leaving the habs to do exploration.

I believe telemanipulators would help enable cheap access to space. Without cheap access to space humans may never travel afar.

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Rxke

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Re: Nasa looking at telemanipulators for Hubble

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl= … edu]Hubble Hiccup

As far as I can tell, the situation is nominal again, but this is worrying...