25th June 2010, 4:15 PM
Darunia, I think I agree there. Yes, we have real world issues to deal with, but exploration is it's own reward. What's the point of living if you can't live for the future?
That said, exploration of space CAN be done with robots, and they are doing a better longer job of exploring Mars than any human explorer would have been able to manage. As far as getting science done, human explorers are superfluous. However, the spirit of exploration is a bit more than just the science.
That said, exploration of space CAN be done with robots, and they are doing a better longer job of exploring Mars than any human explorer would have been able to manage. As far as getting science done, human explorers are superfluous. However, the spirit of exploration is a bit more than just the science.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)