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Robonaut gets packed up for space
« on: November 02, 2010, 08:47:12 AM »
Finally! :P

A fun time-lapsed video of the entire event.

Robonaut 2: Getting packed for space flight

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Re: Robonaut gets packed up for space
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2010, 11:33:42 AM »
So......how many people does it take to wrap up a robot? And....at what cost?

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Re: Robonaut gets packed up for space
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2010, 11:39:41 AM »
Haha yea . . . most of those scientists just standing around cost NASA about $70/hour (wages + administrative costs). 50 scientists for 8 hours . . . thats about $28,000 per day :P

That is, of course, before the US government income tax of about 30%, taking a good 1/3rd of that money back :-X

 


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