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We’ve all heard of Muppets in Space, but will the Linux Penguin have the right stuff? Here’s why: According to a write-up over at LinuxDevices.com, NASA has turned to LINUX to power at least one of their prototype robotics projects.

The Linux-powered robot (dubbed the “K-10″) has been spending some time out at that giant meteor crater in the Arizona desert testing extra-vehicular activity (EVA) hardware and software. NASA also details some of the other projects that they’re testing in the crater — under the Desert Tests 2006 initiative — over at their Robonautics website.

Check out the LinuxDevices.com story and the NASA project page for more information. (Source[s]: LinuxDevices.com, NASA) - [Jeff James]

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