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Sending men into space is a vanity mission, not a science mission.[1] Unmanned mission solve the risk problem for SpaceX type progress and yield more answers fo

Sending men into space is a vanity mission, not a science mission.[1] Unmanned mission solve the risk problem for SpaceX type progress and yield more answers for a lot less money. [1] With the exception of politically valuable missions such as the International space station which employed Russian scientist in a bid to keep them from selling their skills to undesirable state actors.

vertexFarm 8y ago
That's just oversimplified and not true. Sending men into space in the sixties and seventies got so much more done than automated missions to the moon because it forced us to work harder and solve more important problems. We're still reaping the rewards gained from technology developed to solve those problems. Sending probes to learn trivia about the universe is not as important as developing better ways to support and transport human life. At all.