What’s an astronaut’s time worth? Answering that question is not a perfect science, but at more than $100,000 an hour (not counting salary - that's just to keep one alive) on the International Space Station, it’s safe to say it’s more than you want to pay for bagging up trash.
This week, we take a field trip in New York City to see some space robots that could help with this problem.
We Meet:
Icarus Robotics CEO Ethan Barajas
Icarus Robotics CTO Jamie Palmer
Credits:
This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.
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