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16 August 2005

Why bother sending humans to Mars?

by metavalent

Since thin skin will help ASIMO humanoids to have a sense of touch, doesn’t this all begin to obsolete humans as first person space explorers? Sure, the interface to control the robots will be essentially an advanced VR-FPS gaming setup, but on Mars, robots could do much more than humans and could stay permanently without any need for food or water.

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