Can the Famous Robotic Coffee Gripper Be Used to Assist NASA Missions to Asteroids?
If we are going to collect material and samples from space rocks; asteroids and comets and bring it all back to earth, then we ought to realize that we are going to need the very best technology to do just that. We need efficient, lightweight, and simple devices and equipment to assist both robotic and manned missions to these Asteroids. And did you know NASA is planning a manned mission to an Asteroid soon? This is a great opportunity for mankind to learn more about asteroids and space rocks, as some day it might assist us in saving ourselves from disaster in the future. Remember it is theorized that either a large comet or giant asteroid is responsible for taking out the dinosaurs. Let’s not forget that, as humans become better adapted at building a planetary defense system to prevent disaster from making us extinct also. There was an interesting article recently online at Phys [dot] org entitled; “Balloon Filled with Ground Coffee Makes Ideal Robotic Gripper,” posted on October 25,
