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		Benjammer on May 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit Is it really that much easier to build space robots to cover as much breadth of function as one astronaut-engineer in a space suit?

hk__2 on May 31, 2020 [–]

> Is it really that much easier to build space robots to cover as much breadth of function as one astronaut-engineer in a space suit?

No, but it’s tremendously easier to fly these robots there than doing the same with humans. We can afford to let robots “die” on Mars; humans not really.

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