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Questions that should be asked

Questions that should be asked

Posted Feb 23, 2013 23:44 UTC (Sat) by Jandar (subscriber, #85683)
In reply to: Questions that should be asked by man_ls
Parent article: ABS: Android in space

> By "remote" sensors I mean those that send the information they collect elsewhere. The sensor itself has the capability to communicate remotely with a base station, not needing a flying bot to collect it. Makes sense on a space station, doesn't it?

As the article says the SPHERES are tests for real satellites. Splitting the satellite from it's control system would depart from the test-target.


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