The square is now a building site as the city authorities try to rescue this space.
The shuttle Endeavour, which has been standing by ready to launch if Atlantis needed rescuing in space, was released from its standby status to begin getting ready for a June flight to the International Space Station.
Here, the term space rescue refers to any system that allows for rescue or escape of personnel from situations where human life is endangered during a space flight operation, as defined by the period from crew ingress prior to flight through crew egress post-landing.
To prove they don't freak out in tight spaces, prospective confined-space rescue technicians, or "tunnel rats," have to wriggle through a two foot-wide pipe for about 20 yards before they can join the squad.
The family are assisted in this mission by technologically advanced land, sea, air and space rescue vehicles and equipment, which are called into service after conventional rescue techniques have proven ineffective.
This year, anticipation is high for Ridley Scott's The Martian, with Interstellar star Matt Damon awaiting space rescue by Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Space rescue has been a topic of speculation for a wide community of people for decades.
Issues, associated with space rescue and the work done so far in this field, are presented in this chapter.
Space rescue is still in its infancy, and much remains to be done as it matures as a discipline.
However, the keen public interest in intelligent robots and their enormous economic potential (for household help, eldercare, medicine, education, entertainment, agriculture, industry, search and rescue, military missions, space exploration, and so on) will surely continue to energize the drive towards greater robotic intelligence and linguistic competence.
