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From what I’ve seen they’ve got two aims. The first seems mostly to be dry running a Mars base, but without the added challenge of multi month transit times. Th
by jon-wood 7y ago
From what I’ve seen they’ve got two aims. The first seems mostly to be dry running a Mars base, but without the added challenge of multi month transit times. The second is to put a space station in lunar orbit to use as a jumping off point for longer range missions.
- pnako 7y agoSure, but that does not really address the point. Couldn't we do all that with robots? There is no match for our brains; but robots bodies can sustain acceleration, temperature variations, lack of atmosphere, etc. much better than us. They work faster, longer, better, etc. And thanks to telecommunications we can pilot them while staying in the comfort of our planet.
- oh_sigh 7y agoWe've already been to Mars a bunch with robots. Time for something new!
- mat4magic 7y agoI think the biggest Advantages are Marketing and Stability. With Humans on Mars you have it way easier to get the general Public behind space exploration. And stability because Goverments cant cancel Projects without commiting political suicide. Leaving people to die up there would be really bad taste.
- omnibrain 7y agoI‘m not inspired by robots.
- javagram 7y agoHumans are much more adaptable than robots right now. If something breaks or goes wrong on a robotic mission that’s often the end of it. We haven’t got robots advanced anywhere near to human levels yet.