The end of astronauts why robots are the future of exploration
"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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2022.
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 185 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674257726 0674257723 |
| Author Notes: | Martin Rees, the UK's Astronomer Royal, was previously Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge. A past president of the Royal Society, he has won numerous awards, including the Templeton Prize and the inaugural Fritz Zwicky Prize. The author of ten books and more than 500 research papers, he cofounded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. |
