If NASA wants to build a Moon base or put human footprints on Mars, its astronauts are going to need a lot of help from robots. Does Houston have the technology? Tony Reichhardt investigates.
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Reichhardt, T. A job for the droids?. Nature 428, 888–890 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428888a
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