Are Manned Missions Still Necessary for Space Exploration?

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The discussion centers on the necessity of manned missions in space exploration versus the use of robotic machines. Participants argue that machines are more cost-effective and capable of transmitting data long after human life would cease. Future missions may involve humans in modified biological forms or non-biological machines that replicate human consciousness. Ultimately, the conversation suggests a shift towards utilizing nanomachinery and software for space exploration, potentially reflecting a broader trend in human existence.

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should we keep sending machines to other planets to discover, or .. should we send men? after all, machines have been failing
 
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So have manned missions. Machines are much cheaper and able to continue to send information long after their biological equivalents would have expired.
 
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should we keep sending machines to other planets to discover, or .. should we send men? after all, machines have been failing


quite soon these will be the same thing-

future "manned" misions will be humans in adapted bodies/tools- either heavily modified biological bodies or non-biological machines running a copy of human mind-ware- or at least remotely linked directly to the motor/sensory inputs/outputs of a human brain somewhere on earth-

eventually we should only be sending small packages of nanomachinery and software into space- at some point- nanomachinery and software may be all most of us are here on Earth as well!
 
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