>>11215550>We do. It is Legos tier simple. It is just a funding/profit issue as usual. Of course redtape isn't the problem at all.Way to underestimate the task. Being able to send human somewhere one way =/= doing anything worthwhile.
- Almost all our technologies are built on the assumption of gravity, accessible air, pressure, low radiation or even water to wash it.
- The only reason satellites and probes last long is because they are extremely minimalist, we have no crewed design capable of managing years of reliable service without maintenance, even if we nuked the budget and carried entire spare ships we don't have the training and equipment to replace any part of a spaceship.
- We don't have good enough tools, interface and remote-robot for repairs which are prerequisite, EVA suit are less important than a robot.
- All those talk about ISRU don't tell you how hard it is to design the various machines. We don't have magical molecular 3D printers yet and 100% extractor like in video game.
- We barely know anything about how human react in low-gravity making colonization itself pointless before we know and prepare for eventual genetic engineering
And since we won't be colonizing space anytime soon, robot are more efficient to gather data and leave you with more money to do all the other research and development.
I'm so bored of kiddies who drank the pioneer myth and think everything is just money, logistic and a glorification of the human body. Many even believe farming can be done like "The Martian".
Tips: the author said he literally bullshitted his way. Real farming soil would require proper compost that take month, shitting in your food will just kill it. And other solutions require to have industries worth of equipment across the planet to get you all the components.
