cbs@geac.UUCP (Chris Syed) (12/21/88)
In article <4143@watvlsi.waterloo.edu>, smcmahon@watvlsi.waterloo.edu (Scott H. McMahon) writes: > > [...] I am pretty sure that > the Canadarm cannot support its own weight. I seem to remember seeing a > video on its development and they had to test it with its joints supported > on air cussion devices. You may be thinking of a very nice little film called _An Arm In Space_. As I recall, the joint supporters had little wheels, and rolled around as they flexed the arm. The arm can't support its own weight on Earth... but it's another story in orbit. 8-) {uunet!mnetor,unicus,yunexus,}!geac!cbs (Chris Syed)