Am I wrong in thinking the manned missions were not really necessary to be manned? As far as I understand, they put humans at massive risk sending them out like

Am I wrong in thinking the manned missions were not really necessary to be manned? As far as I understand, they put humans at massive risk sending them out like they did with zero emergency recovery plans at all, and probably greatly inflated the cost of the mission owing to having to engineer life support, sufficient radiation shielding, and controls fit for humans. Sure, they were really ICBM programs in sheeps clothing, but the landing modules weren't. The modern rover is so much safer. There's no purpose for humans or really any life to spend any time in outer space, except for vanity. Apollo astronauts would report seeing flashes with their eyes closed. This was due to being bombarded with cosmic radiation that the magnetosphere protects you from on earth. Space is an environment unfit for life that is adapted to specific planetary conditions.