Picture of Dextre Robot Repairing ISS

Robo-Repairs

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NASA wants to transition their successful robotics repair business to the private sector in order to capitalize on the commercial opportunities of maintaining the hundreds of satellites orbiting the earth.

Back in the day when it looked like Hubble was a lost cause due to its state of inoperability the Canadian built Dextre robot was used to bring the aging telescope back to life. This feat was a miracle in and of itself as the mission to repair Hubble lingered in the shadow of the 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy as no one was very eager to send astronauts and equipment into harms way.

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