Robonaut on ISS ESA/NASA

After being stuck on Earth for months longer than expected, robot astronaut Robonaut is right at this minute being released from his crate, on board the International Space Station.

"The lids off!" he excitedly Tweets.

Robonaut is the first humanoid robot in space. The humanoid was boxed up in August but his flight to space was delayed by repeated setbacks in the launch of the Discovery shuttle.

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If I were these guys, I'd pee my pants from excitement and there would be packing peanuts everywhere! hehe

Ha!
Reminds me of Asimov's short story 'Reason'...

For those who did not read that story,
GO BUY THE BOOK AND READ IT NOW, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
Or follow this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(short_story)

@Kherzhul:
That certainly was a great story! Hopefully they won't encounter such bureaucracy here.

@Igot1forya - well thankfully you weren't there;-) It is quite a prize though. Man leaves Robots stay. Good closure. Perhaps we'll leave this "maintenance" of space to Robots as we can work on exploring the vast regions beyond our immediate atmosphere.


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