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Makes me wonder why put all this effort to make space-travel safe for crews. Why not focus on remotely controlled or AI autonomous vehicles instead?
by galaxyLogic 7y ago
Makes me wonder why put all this effort to make space-travel safe for crews. Why not focus on remotely controlled or AI autonomous vehicles instead?
- jve 7y ago> Makes me wonder why put all this effort to make space-travel safe for crews Would you want to board that capsule yourself, otherwise? > Why not focus on remotely controlled or AI autonomous vehicles instead? Buzzwords doesn't make something more reliable/less error prone. You really think that by throwing in something like AI, which can fail in unexpected ways, be a good idea?
- galaxyLogic 7y agoI think it's worth studying and developing further, for instance study how to make AI which will not "fail in unexpected ways"
- ben_w 7y agoI think we already do — there have been roughly 15 satellites etc. launched for every human who has ever reached earth orbit over the entire history of human spaceflight.
- galaxyLogic 7y agoGood. I was just wondering why this project in particular needed to have a live crew.
- jonplackett 7y agoIt’s hard enough to get an AI to work well in a known situation line driving, never mind an unknown planet. But more importantly - where is the fun in that?
- galaxyLogic 7y agoYou are right some people find it fun to go to dangerous places, I assume. Think about the crew of StarTrek and of course Buzz Lightyear. Personally I would rather send someone else to space than go there myself :-)