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As sensors and robotic capabilities have advanced the argument for any human in space has never been weaker.
by xnx 2y ago
As sensors and robotic capabilities have advanced the argument for any human in space has never been weaker.
- palmfacehn 2y agoThe entire exercise seems wildly impractical. I wouldn't advocate for it, but the audaciousness is what makes it stimulating to consider. Maybe other posters will give us some contrarian arguments. A popular one is to reduce the risk of human extinction.
- nopelynopington 2y agoReducing the risk of extinction is definitely something we should work towards, and there a temptation to say "we should fix earth instead of going to mars" which always annoys me because it assumes that one is at the expense of the other, which it is not. But I DO think that BEFORE we try to send people to Mars we should invest a lot more in local orbital architecture like space habitats. Building bigger space stations would be cheaper, easier, safer, and more immediately beneficial. They could be a stepping stone to the moon or Mars but would be beneficial in their own right