I think you can credibly argue that humans with some tools can get a lot more done in a shorter period of time at that location than robots can, for now. And despite being "fragile", putting humans on the Moon and bringing them back alive is a solved problem.
It is expensive to send humans to the Moon, but those costs will come down, to the point where people without government backing can go there. Then you can see costs of govt missions go down since the Beltway bandit cost-plus price will no longer be the only price.
(Score: 2) by RedIsNotGreen on Friday June 14 2019, @06:39PM (3 children)
What's the point of putting any humans on the moon?
Humans are fragile and not adapted to space.
Send robots instead.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Saturday June 15 2019, @04:23AM
We are putting robots there:
NASA Selects Three Companies to Land Science Payloads on the Moon [soylentnews.org]
I think you can credibly argue that humans with some tools can get a lot more done in a shorter period of time at that location than robots can, for now. And despite being "fragile", putting humans on the Moon and bringing them back alive is a solved problem.
It is expensive to send humans to the Moon, but those costs will come down, to the point where people without government backing can go there. Then you can see costs of govt missions go down since the Beltway bandit cost-plus price will no longer be the only price.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @11:00PM
What's the point of putting humans on your mom?
Humans are fragile and not adapted to her face.
Use vibrators instead.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday June 24 2019, @05:57PM
gee, thanks.
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