“I can watch medical videos all day long on YouTube... But would you want me doing surgery on you if I hadn’t actually “been there and done that”?”
Again, another wrong analogy - off planet exploration vs medical surgery.
We now have troops who fly drones, globally, and remotely, cancelling out the former need and risk for jet pilots, required previously in many situations now replaced by drones under remote control. From drones to full jet aircraft is not far off. Yet you (a) think we have learned nothing from it and (b) ought to unnecessarily re-engage live human pilots in situations where we no longer use them. Just to satisfy some “human need”. LOL
Really? So they've shut down Top Gun and all of the air wings have converted to drones? How remarkable...
Again... Just because you have an issue with human off planet exploration does nothing to negate the benefits thereof.