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The end of astronauts : why robots are the future of exploration

Donald Goldsmith (Author), Martin J. Rees (Author)
"Governments, companies, and private investors spend billions on astronaut-dependent space travel, but the work is dangerous and unhealthy to human bodies-so that executing missions may simply not be worth the cost. The future will be one of robots, heirs to the Perseverance rover on Mars, equipped with artificial intelligence and capable of autonomous exploration"-- Provided by publisher

Print Book, English, 2022
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2022