SPACE ROBOT

Japan's NASDA space agency, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and Japanese industry are studying the feasibility of building a robotic ``helper'' satellite to check the health of or make modular repairs to spacecraft in orbits higher than 500 km. (270 naut. mi.). The plan is part of...

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