The Real Reason for Sending Astronauts into Space

Puneet writes "An article on New York Times discussing the need for astronauts for carrying out experiments in space. Too many of the planned experiments depend on crew operations when they could more effectively be done without them. In many cases, the crew is needed only to deploy an autonomous experiment."

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[JimPooley]

Human exploration of space can happen naturally in a few centuries, when the technology has caught up with human desires

So by your reasoning, the Wright Brothers shouldn't have messed about with that pathetic wood and canvas thing that could only carry one guy a short distance, they should have waited until they could build a 747 and take hundreds of people for hundreds of miles.