Submitted by Gari_305 t3_zq32pe in Futurology
Internal-Dot-290 t1_j0wr8jh wrote
We wouldn't be doing that anyway because robotics and AI would have progressed to the point that putting humans in that environment would be needlessly complicated and expensive. Even if hypothetically we needed human interactions out there we'd do it through drones piloted by humans on Earth.
Space mining, if it happens, is not going to involve sending lots of human out to an environment that they are not adapted to. It's expensive to design a habitat for humans and unnecessary.
There is also another aspect to consider. Humans are a greater liability than machines. NASA does extensive psychological profiling on astronauts for a reason.
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