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Robots for Mars

NASA scientists map on prepositioning robots and robotic rovers on the red planet before the first astronauts show up. That way, the robots will be ready to help their human counterparts on what quite will be NASA's most taxing mission yet.

And while that's years away, NASA is testing its robotic muscle now. With three robotic arms aboard the Foreign Space Station and the space commute Discovery returning from the most robotically earnest mission yet, NASA is using this robotic industry as a test bed for future missions.

"We're using robots a lot more," said Allard Beutel, a spokesman for NASA. "We keep increasing the complicatedness of the robotics work we do. This really complex robotics employment is becoming commonplace. This mission was entirely dependent on robotics. We couldn't have done this drudgery without them."

When astronauts get to Mars, they'll be using robots as part of their usual existence, added Beutel. They'll also miss robotics to help them build any workstation or bailiwick structure on Mars, or on the moon.