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Robot designed to test NASA's pre-Apollo spacesuits heads to auction [i]Before NASA launched men to walk on the moon, the space agency almost turned to a human-like robot to test its astronauts' prototype spacesuits. The hydraulic-powered android might have worked, too — had it not been for its tendency to leak oil when used. Now, 50 years after its rejection, one of the robot dummies is set to be sold among 100 "Remarkable Rarities" offered by RR Auction. The [URL=http://www.rrauction.com/preview_itemdetail.cfm?IN=2076]ten-day online auction[/URL] will begin Sept. 15 and culminate in a live sale at Royal Sonesta Boston on Sept. 26.[/i]
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