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goatharper t1_izmzgc2 wrote

I reckon you mean manned missions, as we have visited all the planets with unmanned probes.

A friend worked on the MESSENGER mission to Mercury; fascinating how it took some six years to get there, using slingshots off Venus to slow down.

Sure, we could send people to other planets. The question is: what could humans do that machines couldn't?

Answer: nothing.

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PoppersOfCorn t1_izmztau wrote

>Sure, we could send people to other planets. The question is: what could humans do that machines couldn't?

>Answer: nothing.

With current technology, a lot. Computers are inhibited by the programs they run on and can only learn on what they encounter.

Whereas humans can look at different areas that Computers never will, also if we were to find other life, we would react differently than any computer.

Is this a reason to send humans atm, No. But dont think machines can do everything humans can with the given tech

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DigitalFootPr1nt t1_iznkm82 wrote

Very true.... The next big problem with machine is power ... I believe I read somewhere just to get to mars and to live off solar power requires 2 times more the amount of solar panels than earth with it being a bit further away from our sun. As you go further out it's not even vaiable as you need I think 10 times more solar panels just to make the same as one solar panel as on earth does. Which become pointless and need alternative energy to run the machine. I really hope there is one day infrastructure to send out a fleet of refinery and manufacturing and miner and 3d printer to a planet.. leave it to it's devices for 10-20years. Crazy.

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FlametopFred t1_izmzpmr wrote

nothing but be there and poetically relay the human experience

unrealistic of course everywhere except Mars

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