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These Robots Might Solve Space's Labor Problem

· 21 min · Season 3 Episode 44

Show notes

What’s an astronaut’s time worth? Answering that question is not a perfect science, but at more than $100,000 an hour (not counting salary - that's just to keep one alive) on the International Space Station, it’s safe to say it’s more than you want to pay for bagging up trash.

This week, we take a field trip in New York City to see some space robots that could help with this problem.

We Meet:

Icarus Robotics CEO Ethan Barajas

Icarus Robotics CTO Jamie Palmer

Credits:

This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with…

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