Nasa to put a robot on the moon 'in just 1,000 days' Robonaut 2 is set to head into space on board Discovery Members of the media listen as R2 is introduced. It will be used for microgravity experiments in fluid physics, materials science, biology and biotechnology 3rd November 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1325931/Nasa-robot-moon-just-1-000-days.html