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Yup, would be terrific if humans could be productive and meet the needs you have described. Sorry, humans can't do that. We can transmit some orders to some r

Yup, would be terrific if humans could be productive and meet the needs you have described. Sorry, humans can't do that. We can transmit some orders to some robots, have them work for some hours, usually longer, and then transmit the results back to earth. Sorry the speed of light is so slow; ask Congress to do something about that? The climate on earth is and will remain a total dream land compared with the climate on any place out in space we could reach.

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> We can transmit some orders to some robots, have them work for some hours, usually longer, and then transmit the results back to earth. Sorry the speed of light is so slow; ask Congress to do something about that? Why yes, we can ask Congress to do something about that - that "something" being to invest in manned missions. That's indeed what NASA is working to do and has been working to do for more than half a century.