At the International Space Station ISS repairs are often needed on the exterior, the problem is it is a lot of work to send out a manned space walk to do this. Astronauts need oxygen and they have the problems of human error. Yet if we use robots, well they do not complain, unless programmed too. Robots in fact could spend months to fix something, astronauts five day space walk missions are about all we can muster right now and if we cannot get it done in time, imagine the cost for another launch. What about Fatigue factors, which take a toll on the organic components of the human body? Costs to send up a space crew to do repairs can be millions if not billions of dollars.
I propose have exterior maintenance robots for the ISS, which will be powered by an Entergy Tail to collect electromagnetic energy and will be sent out and dragged behind and below the ISS. Additionally I propose that the lights and LED systems in the Robot, as well as the monitoring system be run off LED Chips. All these low wattage systems will run off the vibrational energy created by the ISS?s many systems small crystals or magnets in copper lined tubes hooked to a capacitor. These robots will maintain the exterior of the ISS and also be used to do a pre-space flight check of the Space Shuttle Exterior before leaving to re-enter orbit. Think on this.
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