#canadarm — Public Fediverse posts
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Nailing the realism
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When #Canada was first invited to participate in the #American Space #Shuttle Program, their contribution was not yet specified.
However, #NASA soon found a Canadian company that had built a #robotic mechanism capable of fueling a nuclear reactor: DSMA ATCON, which impressed them.
NASA asked for a remote manipulator (#RobotArm) for the #SpaceShuttle, and Canada produced a #RemoteManipulatorSystem or #Canadarm for every #SpaceShuttle, as well as a second generation for the #ISS, and a third for the #LunarGateway.Get a print of this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/canadarm-1-end-effector-heron-and-fox.html