> Sending 100 people at a time to on a near suicide mission is quite a dumb thing to do. Tell Elon, not me > We've sent robotic gear to Mars and most of it ha

> Sending 100 people at a time to on a near suicide mission is quite a dumb thing to do. Tell Elon, not me > We've sent robotic gear to Mars and most of it has failed. Gear that doesn't require air to breathe, water to drink, food to eat and that can be just abandoned there. Whilst humans appear squishy and delicate compared to a robot, unlike machines they are very adaptable. For instance a robot that is a million miles away with a broken power supply lead is lost because even a simple repair is impossible. An air supply unit that breaks to a room with humans in has a much better chance of being repaired by the humans. The humans could abandon that room, wear space suits for a while, fly home or fix it with duct tape. There is no reason top believe it is harder for humans to survive, just because the robots find it hard.