Maybe, but I think there's a lot of social status involved in working a lot. It's like everyone, even among friends, is competing to be the busiest person!
There's an intrinsic "wow" factor to human space missions that's easy to underestimate. It's an emotional desire to experience the great expanse beyond our atmosphere in a way that sending robots can't satisfy.
There's an intrinsic "wow" factor to human space missions that's easy to underestimate. It's an emotional desire to experience the great expanse beyond our atmosphere in a way that sending robots can't satisfy.