Humans vs. Robots: Who Should Dominate Space Exploration?: The most recent footprints on the moon having been sitting pretty for 40 years, and they're not likely to be updated anytime soon. Robotic wheels rather than human soles will probably make the next artificial mark on the lunar surface. For planetary scientist Ian Crawford of Birkbeck College in London, this is a shame. While robots have done all the recent planetary exploration in the solar system, he argues that human beings are far more efficient at producing good scientific results.
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