Robot Arm Will Install New Earth-Facing Cameras On Space Station 40
A reader writes Canada's robotic Canadarm2 will install the next two Urthecast cameras on the International Space Station, removing the need for astronauts to go outside to do the work themselves. Urthecast plans to place two Earth-facing cameras on the United States side of the station (on Node 3) to add to the two they already have on the Russian Zvezda module. Technical problems with the cameras forced the Russians to do an extra spacewalk to complete the work earlier this year.
Re:Canada needs to up their game (Score:4, Funny)
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"unobmapleium" - ROFL. You, sir, have won the Internet for today - and the sun hasn't even come up yet where I live.
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Nah, we keep the space-grade maple syrup for domestic consumption.
What you guys get is just corn syrup and food coloring. ;-)
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?? I've had the real stuff many times back in the '80s - it was freakin' awesome.
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It's working out great for Obama: he's Dear Leader of the remains of the free world, and he hasn't made one decent contribution yet.
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So what country needs to be embarrassed by the useless douchebag which is you?
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hell, it's not even a "robot arm", as that implies it can operate on it's own somehow. It's only a remotely-controlled arm.
Lame, eh.
Watch out americans.... (Score:3)
Canada's robotic Canadarm2 will install the next two Urthecast cameras on the International Space Station
Google Earth 10.0 coming. Pretty soon, you'll be able to just type the name of whoever you want into Google search, proprietary backend systems will identify their GPS coordinates using the Android secret location tracking feature, then the Earthcam will be pointed and zoom in on their current position, until their head is visible, and put them on a map with real-time position updating
Already done. Re: Watch out americans.... (Score:2)
It has already been done about ten years ago. The site and business are still alive:
https://www.sat-gps-locate.com... [sat-gps-locate.com]
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It is a good thing that there are only two cameras. Just hack them to follow Kim kardashian. Her ego is big enough it shouldn't be hard to track from space.
The ret of us can then live in peace if the governor tries to interrupt the feed the it will be well known. (Except if the government try the movies survelience camera loop hack. It work forhollywood why won't it work in real life?
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Her ego? Have you seen how fat her ass is? Her ego looks like a pimple next to the ostrich egg which is her ass.
Pfff... (Score:3)
"Canada's robotic Canadarm2 will install the next two Urthecast cameras on the International Space Station, "
Everybody knows space is full of ether so they are obviously "Ethercast cameras".
Come on editor!
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I'm pretty sure that it will involve the use of Dextre, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) on the end of Canadarm2. Dextre, sometimes called the Canada Hand is the most sophisticated space robot ever built. http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/i... [asc-csa.gc.ca] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D... [wikipedia.org]
Lazy Astronauts (Score:2)
Get your lazy butts out there and put those cameras up! And while you're at it clean up your room, it looks like a pig stye!
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Not lazy. They can only be out for a limited amount of time and when they are they have these massive gloves that make it impossible to work with bolts and wires. The robotic arm is farm more precise and keeps the astronauts working longer and out of danger.
Time for a cleaning (Score:2)
Wait...if we have robots to install new cameras, will that mean we no longer have to send people outside for cleanings?
Aretha Franklin cast cameras ... (Score:2)
... I think the US should pay back with some Gordon Lightfoot YouTube® videos from the US arm.
Canada, eh? (Score:2)
The arm is a tool (Score:2)
The other day my screwdriver put together four IKEA cabinets. Thankfully I didn't have to lift a finger.
New cameras - does that mean new filters? (Score:3)
Really.. Really guys, REALLY! - if we are getting a camera upgrade for the earth selfies there better be new filters. I mean, I totes *HATE* having to deal with the same boring filters. Ugh! I..can 't.. even!
Urgh (Score:3)
Urthecast
Is that actually based on some real language, or is just another deliberate sickly misspelling?
I couldn't help being reminded of the word "urethra" when I saw it...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U... [wikipedia.org]