Canada moves forward with plans to explore the Moon

[snkiz]

https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2021/05/canada-moves-forward-with-plans-to-explore-the-moon.html

Some interesting things from the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program. Navigation sensor experiments, agro experiments, lunar Roomba experiments and of course Canadarm3.  The FROST (Frozen Regolith Observation and Science Tools) experiment is of note. I believe it is a feasibility study for hockey rinks on the moon.

[Caerfinon]

We need to open up some Tim Horton's up there. Money well spent 

[tater]

An arm that moves like an inchworm?

[snkiz]

14 minutes ago, tater said:

An arm that moves like an inchworm?

Centimeter worm son.

[kerbiloid]

Now I see it was a documentary. The future documentary.

The origin of the standard working arm of Cluster is Canada.

(Caution, loud music)

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Spoiler

The End of the Universe.

All matter of the Universe (one of two existed) is turned into diamond-like megastructures, consisting of endlessly self-reproducing self-propelled standard drone arms, holding each other.
It's inevitably collapsing under self-gravity into a Universe-mass black hole, as the final act of this Universe existence.

 

(Btw, the series is half-Canadian. They knew.)

Edited May 29, 2021 by kerbiloid

[snkiz]

early prototype micro-rover

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[JoeSchmuckatelli]

On 5/29/2021 at 10:57 AM, snkiz said:

early prototype micro-rover

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My early testing tell me that:

• It's really good at pushing stuff into the corners, and
• As soon as it is 1/3 done with the mission you assigned, it decides to go wander around doing God knows what 

[kerbiloid]

39 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

It's really good at pushing stuff into the corners

Make the corner holes like in billiard and let the stuff fall on a gutter in the basement. Then it will always collect at same place.

[Arugela]

Is this where one of them pulls their pants down and starts rubbing their butt with maple syrup?

Edited June 2, 2021 by Arugela

[Nuke]

On 5/29/2021 at 4:31 AM, Caerfinon said:

We need to open up some Tim Horton's up there. Money well spent, eh.

fixed.

8 hours ago, Arugela said:

Is this where one of them pulls their pants down and starts rubbing their butt with maple syrup?

you could probibly use the stuff as rocket fuel. 

[kerbiloid]

52 minutes ago, Nuke said:

you could probibly use the stuff as rocket fuel. 

It is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_candy

[Caerfinon]

5 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

It is.

And we have "snacks" to match!