Seen on /.: Space Penguin Could Hop Around The Moon:
A robotic Lunar Penguin explorer could be hopping around on the moon by 2009, said Raytheon on Tuesday, as it unveiled the concept lander at an aerospace conference. The unmanned lunar device, in development for two years, is 3 feet tall and weighs approximately 230 pounds.That's all well and good, but we'd better be prepared for when it goes renegade - we need to make sure Robotic Batman is ready to take him down!
[Yes, the paper's done. No, I don't think I'll have time to do WTW or Part IV. Sorry, Chess.]
Oh, fine... can't write another four paragraphs, but you CAN investigate launching robotic flightless waterfowl into space.
Well, actually, I can see that...