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Meet the sacrificial robots exploring space for us

Posted by / November 26, 2017

During the Age of Exploration, European sailors risked––and sometimes gave––their lives in order to push the boundaries of trade, scientific knowledge, pride, wealth and the sheer joys of discovery. During the Space Race, American and Russian astronauts did the same thing, blasting themselves into space to try to be the first to orbit the globe or land on the moon. Now, an entirely different group is sacrificing itself for the joy of discovery: robots. Meet all the robots sacrificing themselves for space travel in this video.

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