Robotic exploration machinery has been sent into the solar system for the past six decades, reaching destinations impossible for humans.
One example of this is the recent Parker Solar Probe, which experienced 1,000 degrees Celsius during a 10-day flyby.
But the success of these autonomous space missions and the innovation of artificial intelligence have raised a question: will AI robots replace humans in space exploration in the future?
British astronomer Lord Martin Rees says that robots are developing rapidly and the possibility of sending humans into space in the future is becoming less and less.
He added that anyway, I do not think that any taxpayer’s money should be used to send humans into space.
Because the issue of sending humans into space is an adventure. It is an experiment for the rich, so it should be privately funded.
Furthermore, human space missions carry an element of risk to humans themselves at all times.
Physicist Andrew Coates of University College London agreed with Lord Martin, saying that for serious space exploration, I prefer robotics. They can go much further and do more.
