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You’re assuming that we can’t make better robots. For the same amount of money as sending humans to Mars, we can develop better robots. Those robots will also
by melling 8y ago
You’re assuming that we can’t make better robots.
For the same amount of money as sending humans to Mars, we can develop better robots. Those robots will also be useful on earth of course.
From HN in 2014:
Someone dying is devastating. Trying to conquer space a handful of people at a time is the slow and dangerous way of accomplishing this task. We should be building machines to explore the solar system. This can be done for a fraction of the cost, time, and it will allow him to allow us to iterate quickly.
In 100 years, more humans will live off earth if we iterate with machines, etc now than if we move slowly trying to reduce the risk in order to keep humans safe.