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fodkodraszyesterday at 3:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why pursue space exploration if all we can do is send robots there? The only meaningful thing for humanity is sending Humans to places.

Gathering more resources so the overlords can have more humans enslaved with shinier golden handcuffs, who can consume more so number line goes up is not a meaningful goal to pursuit, and robotic-only commercially rationalized spaceflight has only this to offer.

Scientific discovery, so we can have better simulations about things of no use or effect on us? Why? Taking people to places and utilizing the resources there, and building a more resilient humanity is a worthy endeavor, and while robots are useful for that, ultimately human spaceflight (or interplanetary/interstellar travel) is he goal, not having only a space industry.


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dfgknionioyesterday at 4:11 PM

What is the point in having a colony of maybe dozens of people completely dependent on shipments from Earth? Building a self-sustaining colony is so far outside the realm of possibility that it isn't worth thinking about, and building a symbolic outpost serves no practical purpose.

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WalterBrightyesterday at 6:15 PM

> Gathering more resources so the overlords can have more humans enslaved with shinier golden handcuffs

Very funny!