Just a little more to the Armstrong/Aldrin dustup on the current state of affairs in the space program:  Government General Motors is building the unimaginatively named R2 android for use in space exploration missions. I personally don’t see a problem with smarter, better robotic vanguards for space exploration — they’ve done sterling service for half a century.  But GM? No quality control issues there…and could they have done a better job with the design?  The fake spacesuited man design is awful.