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Johonny

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4. Space has always belonged to the robots

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:02 AM

Apr 15

In 2015 an Ulunmanned satellites took the first photos of Pluto. No man will likely ever visit Pluto. Nor does man have to. Space exploration can be and since 1962 been done by our unmanned missions.

Meanwhile man might make it back to the moon. Possibly we will visit Mars, but are robots are already driving on Mars. It's not that traveling to moon is a " waste" of money compared to the 2 billion a day we waste on Iran war. But it's clear what is winning and losing the space race. It's been the same answer for 60 years.

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Artemis Thoughts [View all] DavidDvorkin Apr 14 OP

Great post SocialDemocrat61 Apr 14 #1

It doesn't look like Musk is going to have Starship ready RussBLib Apr 14 #2

When Halley came to Jackson struggle4progress Apr 14 #3

Space has always belonged to the robots Johonny Apr 15 #4

Yes, but they have been seen as paving the way for humans DavidDvorkin Apr 15 #5

Even without the deleterious effects of space travel on humans, Disaffected Apr 15 #6

Kick dalton99a Apr 15 #7

Maybe the best result of the NASA program misanthrope Apr 15 #8