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...metal praying mantis, an inflated plastic ball, and a moon rover that creeps like a centipede. Perhaps the best thought out of the tribe was an insectlike machine made by Space-General Corp. Powered by solar batteries, it walks on long, jointed metal legs. By means of a TV camerabit transmits pictures of the lunar landscape to its masters on faraway Earth. Safe at home, scientists can tell the creature where to go, and they can also order it to pick up lunar samples with its jointed, lobsterlike claw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Free Enterprise v. the Moon | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

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