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Title: Canada’s Dextre Completes Marathon Week of Robotics Ops on ISS
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/05/2011 01:45 am

An absolutely superb article on Dextre's recent work and roles to come, by Pete Harding (and this will easily explain why he's known as Mr ISS - this is unbeatable on info):

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/canadas-dextre-completes-marathon-week-robotics-ops-iss/

Title: Re: Canada’s Dextre Completes Marathon Week of Robotics Ops on ISS
Post by: Lee Jay on 09/05/2011 01:56 am

Wow...acronym heaven.

A very nice capability from Canada.

I think one thing people don't always realize about Dextre is that he's big - around twice the size in each direction of an adult human.  When you see him (it?) attached to that giant station, the size isn't readily apparent.

Title: Re: Canada’s Dextre Completes Marathon Week of Robotics Ops on ISS
Post by: Longhorn John on 09/05/2011 02:29 am

Awesome article Pete!

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Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 09/05/2011 03:17 am

good job Pete.  This does show the steady marathon jogging pace of station operations now compared to the sprint rate that shuttle EVA/robotics took place.  Will be interesting to cover.

Title: Re: Canada’s Dextre Completes Marathon Week of Robotics Ops on ISS
Post by: rdale on 09/05/2011 12:19 pm

Nice article, but I miss the personal touch of Dextre's tweets :)

Title: Re: Canada’s Dextre Completes Marathon Week of Robotics Ops on ISS
Post by: Launch Fan on 09/05/2011 12:58 pm

That is a brilliant article. It's like a bunch of presentations and briefings put into a blender and and a nice smoothie is presented with an acronym slice on top :)

Title: Re: Canada’s Dextre Completes Marathon Week of Robotics Ops on ISS
Post by: Space Pete on 09/05/2011 02:08 pm

Thanks, folks (I love that description, Launch Fan)! :)

And I did consider referring to Dextre as "he" not "it", just for rdale. :D

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Post by: JSC Phil on 09/06/2011 06:58 pm

Great work again Pete!

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Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 09/06/2011 08:33 pm

posted this on the expedition 28 thread, but the SPDM is at work

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Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 09/06/2011 09:00 pm

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Post by: stockman on 09/07/2011 12:12 am

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Post by: robertross on 09/07/2011 12:57 am

Beautiful

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Post by: stockman on 09/07/2011 01:18 am

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Post by: stockman on 09/07/2011 01:57 am

Title: Re: Canada’s Dextre Completes Marathon Week of Robotics Ops on ISS
Post by: Prober on 10/01/2011 08:58 pm

Would Dextre be a good candidate for ISS fluids, and fuels re-supply?   Such a system could be setup.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=23477.15