by Gordon Roesler | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog
There is water on the Moon. After years of encouraging scientific data, this summer the finding was conclusive. Analysis of data from the Indian satellite Chandrayaan-1 proved it. What good is water on the Moon? As someone once said, “In the desert, gold is...
by Gordon Roesler | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog
Whenever robotics are discussed, we see fascinating pictures of the hardware—hands, joints, humanoids, and so on. My recent articlein Room, the European Space Journal, is no exception. But here’s an important thing to think about: how is that hardware CONTROLLED?...
by Robots In Space® | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog
An illustration of Space System Loral’s concept for a satellite servicing system it is developing with DARPA. Credit: SSL Inspecting, repairing, and upgrading satellites in space will make them cheaper, last longer, and able to perform more missions. But the...
by Robots In Space® | Jan 15, 2019 | Blog
Most people don’t spend much time thinking about space. But all of us in developed countries get lots of services from space, that we take for granted: • Weather satellites warn of approaching hurricanes and typhoons. They have saved millions of lives. • High...
by Robots In Space® | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog
Some estimates of the potential payoff from mining the cosmos — whether on the moon or Mars or in the mineral-rich asteroid belt — are out of this world. One such appraisal would equal $100 billion for every single human being alive. But the former NASA...
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