Sending astronauts to Mars would be stupid, astronaut says

On Monday, December 24, 2018 at 6:47:30 PM UTC-8, RichA wrote:
On Monday, 24 December 2018 17:22:48 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
On Monday, December 24, 2018 at 1:20:12 AM UTC-8, RichA wrote:
On Monday, 24 December 2018 02:19:41 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46364179

I think so too!
Maybe another 50 years, but by than robots going to be so sophisticated , no need for man there, robots can do it better!!

Project Orion or it won't happen.

Robots are the way to go!
50 years from now, robots will be smart enough to assemble a prefabricated base on Mars for humans, we just go there to turn it on and enjoy!
Same like with the space station, put together from modules built on earth and astronauts just went up, turned it on and make it run!

Robots are notoriously bad at extricating themselves from situations not explicitly in their programming.

AI!
Possible 50 years from now?