The ISS itself, is the same kind of boondoggle as the Shuttle. Imagine a US space program that put unmanned probes front and center. We could've had video feed

The ISS itself, is the same kind of boondoggle as the Shuttle. Imagine a US space program that put unmanned probes front and center. We could've had video feeds crawling over every moon of Jupiter and Saturn, and inside the Martian caves. We might've settled the Mars and Europa life question. And two Shuttle crews would not have died. Humans don't belong in space. Robots do.