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see us move ahead with. relates to implementation of the workforce provisions that are contained in title v. central part of the reform, as i saw it, was creation of a new independent and nonpartisan national workforce commission. this is something which is not under your depament directly. its an independent commission. its tasked with providing congress and providing congress and the administration with clear information and guidance on how to align our federal resources to meet the ...

Over? how far are we in the development of this, john? are there prototypes? >> we have two units in existence. were scheduled to launch the first one, robonaut 2 aboard the space shuttle scs-1303 in the latter half of this year, 2010. >> there was a robonaut 1. what happened to that? >> we have robonrgs aut 1 developed initially in 2000. this represents an entirely new and far more advanced generation. were building through an evolutionary approach. i think you might be surprised at what the fu...

John olson is live from houston right now. hes the director of nasas exploration systems integration office. marty lynn is live from d.c. they is the principal robotics engineer for gm. i guess you guys are what we call rocket scientists. lets talk about this. john, i want to talk to you first of all. why are we -- why is nasa and gm involved in robotic astronaut? >> this is a partnership leveraging the best of both nasa and general motors for a win on all sides. were essentially looking to take...

>> i think people, of course, see hollywood, they see tv shows on robots. and the imagination to a certain extent goes wild. the science reality is not quite as exotic and elegant as that. but as john said, certainly using robots, and robot technology that can help people, that is going to be able to do ergonomically challenging tasks, and really work safely around people, thats the core essence of the technologies that were developing. >> you think were going to see one of these in space this y...

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