ABS: Android in space

The Linux Foundation's Rudolf Streif introduced one of the morning keynotes at the 2013 Android Builders Summit (ABS) by noting that androids in space have a long history—at least in science fiction like Star Wars. He was introducing Dr. Mark Micire of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, who recently led a project that put the Android operating system into space in the form of an "intelligent space robot" that currently inhabits the International Space Station (ISS).

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