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Your “why” questions apply just as much to sending humans into space.

Sending machines makes sense. Sending humans, not so much.



Becoming a multi planetary species is the end. Machines are merely a means to that end.


Becoming a multi-planetary species is a fantasy which only seems plausible when you’ve watched too much science fiction, and don’t have a good understanding of the physical, biological, technological, economic, and political challenges that prevent it from happening.




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