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1 posted on 09/22/2018 11:59:23 AM PDT by ETL
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Prior to this final design for the "hopping robot" there were a few others (see below)...








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2 posted on 09/22/2018 11:59:51 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


3 posted on 09/22/2018 12:04:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: ETL

They’re gonna send full-size mechs next.


4 posted on 09/22/2018 12:07:49 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: All
Where's the ASPCR when you need them?!

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5 posted on 09/22/2018 12:08:27 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Are the robots planning on scraping up dirt on any politicians ??


6 posted on 09/22/2018 12:14:20 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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This computer graphic image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered Minerva-II-1 rovers
on an asteroid. Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa2 released two small Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.

7 posted on 09/22/2018 12:22:19 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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8 posted on 09/22/2018 12:28:22 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

CGI


9 posted on 09/22/2018 12:30:21 PM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: ETL

So, we will get some ‘hopping’ Sake from the Craft Brews of Japan?


10 posted on 09/22/2018 12:43:09 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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To: ETL

According to Wikipedia, asteroid 162173 Ryugu is almost one kilometer in diameter and orbits the sun once every 474 days.


12 posted on 09/22/2018 3:46:42 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: ETL

At some later stage, we will have probes able to visit an asteroid, see if it has interesting metals, and if so tow it to earth orbit for mining.


13 posted on 09/22/2018 3:51:18 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (I like my food to taste like it died screaming)
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To: ETL

Nice job lot of effort thanks


15 posted on 09/22/2018 8:15:35 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin another gem posted in the wilderness)
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