The Canadian robotic arm on NASA's space shuttles heads North after the retirement of shuttles, CBC News has learned.
Shuttle space Canadarm was used to support spacewalks on astronauts, such as this to service the Hubble telescope in 1993. (NASA)Each of the three NASA's shuttles is equipped with a Canadarm, designed and built at the Canada. After the shuttle program ends with the last flight of Atlantis in June, NASA plans to keep the arms on the discovery and Atlantis for itself, but the Canadarm on the shuttle Endeavour has been allocated for the Canada.
Canadian scientific museums are already the case for why their particular installation is optimal for the display of the arm.
On each of the shuttle Canadarm was used to define satellites in orbit, recover others for repair, support spacewalk and inspections of space shuttles.
The first, on the space shuttle Endeavour is deployed in 1981.
Rob Godwin, curator of space for the Museum of space to Park Downsview in Toronto and Air Canada believes that the Canadarm should return to his hometown.
"Should be houses where it was conceived and designed and built," said Godwin, whose Museum is installed in the original home of SPAR Aerospace Ltd., the company that built the Canadarm. "" "." Most of the people who worked on this device is still alive and still live in this area. ?
SPAR Aerospace was later purchased by Richmond, Colombia-British-base of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates.
Renald Fortier, curator of Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, think its large facility would be better suited for the arm of 15.2 metres.
"We put somewhere where people would see and would be able to appreciate the size of it," he said.
Frank Florian, Director of public programming of Telus World of Science Edmonton, believes that the arm should travel in the country "just to really, once again, science and technology here in the Canada Showcase.".
The Canadian Space Agency has suggested that he may keep the arm to its headquarters in St-Hubert, QC, Paul Hunter reported CBC.
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