Sending humans to do planetary exploration makes less sense than

I have a suggestion.
Instead of sending entire humans, just send human heads.
--big time weight savings---

M.

John Popelish wrote:

Ahab wrote:

With so many probes failing, maybe a manned mission would be a better way to
collect information on Mars.
(snip)

Sending humans to do planetary exploration makes less sense than doing
archeology with dynamite. One of the most important differences
between Earth and some other planet is that the other planet has not
been altered by Earth's life forms. When they can absolutely
guarantee the sterility of a manned mission it might begin to make
sense as an information gathering mechanism.

Manned missions to other planets are to science what grave robbers are
to archeology.

--
John Popelish