Robotic Refueling Service Care to top off your spacecraft? NASA
From Popular Science:NASA's bold
repair mission for the
Hubble Space Telescope has inspired engineers to tackle another challenge -- using the robotic arm on the International Space Station to refuel a satellite.
Aviation Week reports that the Canadian "Dextre" arm could use a special tool to cut into a spacecraft that was never designed to be refueled, pierce the insulation, and access the fuel plumbing.
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