Station isn't so kewl these days?

I thought the idea was as an extra pair of hands so to speak. I'm not sure
its sensitivity and controllability havebeen sorted out as yet, as using
human type tools outside is a very much tactile experience even inside thick
gloves, it remains to be seen how a remote controlled device can feed back
the information we get from our handse, form itis 'hands' in a meaningfulway
to allow it to be useful to others.
Brian

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"JF Mezei" wrote in message
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On 13-12-18 05:17, Brian Gaff wrote:

valve to fail. Its a bit odd as its not the first time amonia hardware
has
been a problem.

It is not that odd. I believe that NASA expected any systems that are
outdoors to have higher rates of failure. This is one reason that Canada
supplied DEXTRE along with the canadarm in order to make it possibe to
fix things without EVAs. But so far, I am not sure DEXTRE has been of
any use. Perhaps it was designed for very specific tasks only.