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satellites at space station

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robots constructing colonies for men and

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women to live and work together on the

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moon and the planet mars

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these are bold complex space missions

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being considered by nasa for the 1990s

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and well into the 21st century

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to support these spellbinding space

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adventures

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nasa is directing an aggressive program

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in automation

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one of the key nasa centers developing

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state-of-the-art robotics for space

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station freedom is nasa's goddard space

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flight center just outside of washington

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goddard will develop the flight tele

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robotics servicer called fts for short

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for space station freedom

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this includes the development of the fts

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operational flight system a series of

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test flights aboard space shuttle and

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the development of a ground-based

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research facility

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goddard is responsible also for

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transferring this high technology to

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american industry and the public

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enhancing the united states industrial

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competitive posture

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worldwide a tele-robotic servicer fts is

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a robotic device that combines tele

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operation using a human operator to

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direct the machine

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with autonomous capabilities for

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performing tasks mostly by itself but

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supervised by man

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plans call for the fts to assist the

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astronauts in the assembly of space

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station freedom

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while fts will be limited initially to

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spacecraft servicing and maintenance

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tasks

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ultimately it will be able to reach

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retrieve and service unmanned satellites

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in an unprecedented manner saving

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millions of dollars

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servicing a spacecraft crippled in orbit

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became a reality in 1984

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when astronauts aboard the space shuttle

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repaired the solar maximum mission

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spacecraft so it once again could

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continue its investigation of the solar

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study contracts to develop fts concepts

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have recently been completed for goddard

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by grumman space systems and martin

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one of the two companies will be

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selected for a final design contract in

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when operational fts will improve

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reliability productivity and safety and

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will act as an aid to astronauts

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also it will perform tedious and

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hazardous tasks

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to meet this technological challenge the

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goddard space flight center is

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developing a unique space robotics

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facility

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robots computers display systems plus

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the full-scale mock-up of space station

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hardware will be used by the goddard

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robotics team to create test and

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evaluate new robotic technologies

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required to support the evolution of the

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during the past year several

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demonstrations were successfully

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conducted at goddard

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some highlights include the removal of

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an orbital replacement unit by

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industrial robots vision control docking

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which permits the robot to find an

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object and dock on it for removal

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and voice control of cameras which

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freeze the operator's hands for tele

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one of the key demonstrations was the

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use of a forced reflecting master slave

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tele-robot which successfully repaired a

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full-scale mock-up of the solar maximum

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mission spacecraft using the same

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procedures performed in space in 1984

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looking toward the future a gantry robot

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will be installed in the robotics

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facility by january of 1989 to

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the final goal of the fts program is to

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move innovative concepts from research

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into flight systems thus providing

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spin-off benefits for the science and

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goddard's long-range plan for the

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robotics facility is to make it a

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national resource for use by private

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universities to test and evaluate their

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maintenance of a functional systems

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architecture or nasrim has been selected

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and developed by the fds program to fill

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one of the unique technologies being

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is a robot simulation system

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this animated graphic system is being

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used to emulate the control system for

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the flight tele robotics servicer aboard

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it will allow us to service and repair

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fts will also assemble spacecraft and

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the assembly of large instruments at

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cosmos and planet earth for generations

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allow the united states to explore and

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extend the endless boundaries of the

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advancing science technology and private

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to support human settlements from the