NASA Would Take C-3P0 to Space But Not R2-D2 or BB-8

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  • 9 years ago
Brett Kennedy, a roboticist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, breaks down the plausibility (or lack thereof) of Star Wars characters like R2-D2, C-3PO and the new BB-8.

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