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He is critical of manned space flight and says plainly in a number of his talks, recalling from the top of my head, “man spaceflight has costed such and such bi
by aborsy 6y ago
He is critical of manned space flight and says plainly in a number of his talks, recalling from the top of my head, “man spaceflight has costed such and such billions of dollars and has produced nothing of scientific value” or “this was sold to public as a scientific project but it’s nothing of the sort”, and that “it’s all done on earth.”
He mentions one area, but then says, “but actually that could have been done much cheaper using unmanned robots”
I agree costs are issue here; money that could have been better spent.
- btilly 6y agoHere is the unmanned rockets quote that you refer to. Those were useful things that could have been done by unmanned rockets, but in those days, the state of the art in computers and robotics was not what it is now. The whole "the state of the art" bit I understand as saying that with modern computers and robotics, unmanned vehicles could have done the job. But they didn't have advanced enough computers and robotics at the time.