[Dave Wright]

So why does NASA think that we can set up bases on the Moon and travel to Mars if it is harmful to human health? Robots are much better at space travel than we are.

[treetopsandroofs]

“So why does NASA think that we can set up bases on the Moon and travel to Mars if it is harmful to human health?”

Bread and circuses.

Win-win, even most right-wingers support it.

[plain talk]

“So why does NASA think that we can set up bases on the Moon and travel to Mars if it is harmful to human health? Robots are much better at space travel than we are.
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The Japanese are on the right track. Use robots to build structures on the moon and elsewhere. Robot cams allow remote viewing of what is going on. Robots are cheaper as they need no food or air.

[Steve Van Doorn]

"Robots are much better at space travel than we are."

humans are meant to explore and colonize. We also need to. Remember every time we explored new area human basic freedoms soon followed. While the place we left always were left in the hands of tyrants.

Robots can Tunnel on the moon or Mars. At the right depths we will be out of the radiation and have plenty of heat for plants and animals.