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    Posted: 03 Apr 2008 at 8:00pm

Well, despite my negative vibes it did dock successfully, all praise to the European space effort.

 

I warn you though, heed Asimov words, one day robots will take over the world.

 

Nobody else seems interested except space nuts like me but in an attempt to raise the forum above the level of how posh my room is and the new forum's very nice [just kidding] here's the link to the video.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7328816.stm

 
Amazing that the cross was spot on in the centre of the target. I think they have very successfuly proven the automation concept.
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Hi,

You beat me to it! Shocked  I nearly posted this up yesterday!

It's great that it worked! I don't know why they didn't just get the technology from the Russians though. What kind of capacity does this thing have?

EDIT: It's not as big as Soyuz-U:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-U
Quote Payload: 6,900 kg from Baikonur and 6,700 kg from Plesetsk


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