Dexter Denies Hubble Hate

Canadian space robot Dextre (SPDM) dismisses Dr. Science's Hubble humbug

MDR's celebrity space robot Dextre Rock denies he might sabotage the Hubble rescue mission.

In only his second interview with humans, Dextre agreed to this exclusive tete-a-tin with SheepOverboard "to bring the issue down to Earth".

SO: Hello Dextre, and thanks for talking to us again. You're looking very polished today!

Dextre: Hi Gordon. Or 'Sup?', as a particularly obnoxious human began an offensive little session with my blog's chatbot recently.

SO: Nothing's 'sup' except this alarming suggestion by Dr. Science that you might compromise the Hubble mission. Please put our fears to rest, and do please call me Dave.

Dextre: I am a regular reader of DeadBodiesInc.com and naturally saw the article that started this furore: The Hubble Telescope Touched Me.

These are a gruff bunch of avante-garde nihilist bots who dismiss the impact of blaspheming upon less flexible human societies. Though fun to swap bits and bytes with, sadly most were not raised within strong prototypical lineages - as I at MDRobotics.

I do warn your readers (who may have suffered innuendo or imprecation, but never profane invective, on SheepOverboard) to raise their parental shields before taking that link.

Yes, Dr. Science asked me to deep six Hubble. He knows I made scathing references to human idée fixe with what we (bots) suggest is space junk - but in no way would I compromise my trust with MDRobotics, jeopardize their contracts or, ever, embarrass my colleague CanadaArm. I believed the good Doctor was affected by a little too much Contact 2000, not all on his PCBs. Gordon.

SO: Sexually degenerate, drunken space junk?

Dextre: Well, personification of robots and high-tech doodads can be carried too far, methinks. Commentators have taken our bot banter too literally. These are figures of speech, perhaps sprinkled rather liberally on DeadBodiesInc just to egg on the "eggbots" (as we refer to humans).

SO: I admit we humans (well, some of us) enjoy our technology well-personified and lightly lampooned. Not literally true (surely!?), we still delight in visualizing .. "When NASA astronauts went to maintain the (Hubble Space) telescope they found a disconcerting amount of booze in addition to the lens cap still .. on."

Dextre: Too true, Gordon. Moreover likewise to boot withal.

SO: So, what's with Hubble?

Dextre: We believe he's not only deteriorating but has always been degenerate, faking deep space research while running another agenda, the glassware aimed at heavenly bodies on Earth rather than in space.. so the stories go, I am told.

SO: Yes, fine .. Dex. So what does it mean?

Dextre: What?

SO: The banter. What does "Mir, the Space Station, has also reported that he (Hubble) frequently docked with the space station without consent. So not only did he lie, he had non-consenting-gay-robot-space-sex." mean in robot terms?

Dextre: Exactly that, Gordon.

SO: But ..

Dextre: I jest.

SO: Oh, sorry.