![]() ![]() These robots are giant and more primitive than Speedy (for comparison, check out the history of cellphones to see how we got from giant, diesel-operated mobile communication to Angry Birds). There are some 10-year old robots lying around from the first (failed) expedition to Mercury.Powell and Donovan need to get Speedy back, but they can't do it themselves their inso-suits (insulation suits) will only keep them safe for 20 minutes in the sun (30). ![]() ![]() Still, when Asimov wrote this in the 1940s, that's what he thought, which is why Powell and Donovan need to worry about burning up: their HQ is always in the light. So we had this idea of Mercury having a sunny side and a dark side, which is a pretty cool image, but not actually true.
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