[Cold Heat]

NASA said they have tried it in the past. I will have to take their word that the pics would not have given them the needed detail.

Secondly, the shuttle was coming down anyway. It really is a moot point, but they do need to establish a contingency plan for future flight. On this we agree.

Robot cams would be a possibility and the ability to do temporary patches in space is required.

[Mamzelle]

re: NASA said they have tried it in the past. I will have to take their word that the pics would not have given them the needed detail.)))

I doubt that those who take the pics, if they believe otherwise, will accept that word. I'll be listening to see if Nasa repeats the claim.

[Brett66]

Robot cams would be a possibility and the ability to do temporary patches in space is required

I remember seeing a robot a few years ago designed to be a visual inspector for the outside of the ISS. It was a spherical bot with a small camera inside it that used nitrogen jets to manuever in space does anyone else remember this and what happened to this?