Shuttle's New Autonomous Inspection Capability Will Provide Data, Options Unavailable Before Columbia Accident
The operation of the new U.S./ Canadian Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) by the STS-114 Discovery's crew "will be the most complicated space robotics job of the shuttle program," says Paul Hill, lead flight director. The OBSS is a laser-and-imaging-sensor-equipped 50-ft. extension to the existing...
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