Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by Benjammer on Saturday May 30, 2020 @08:17PM
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Is it really that much easier to build space robots to cover as much breadth of function as one astronaut-engineer in a space suit?
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Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by hk__2 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:31AM
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> Is it really that much easier to build space robots to cover as much breadth of function as one astronaut-engineer in a space suit?
No, but it’s tremendously easier to fly these robots there than doing the same with humans. We can afford to let robots “die” on Mars; humans not really.