/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11716706
>automated
because anything that is automated is inherently perfect
>>11716724
>There is never a crew present when satellites get placed in orbit.
Getting to orbit is one of the easiest things to automate, it's all knowing where you are and how you control the thrusters.
Trying to lay out a bunch of solar panels on Mars to power a Sabatier process, and then getting the result into a tank, with nobody there to assemble your shit properly, and way too long of a comms delay to just use a telepresence robot, that's hard.
>>11716845
>unproven
That's NASA's problem for requiring a brand new rocket (and capsule) for every launch.

>>11698862
>he says as he navigates around dozens of planes to park in his reserved space every morning

>>10762200
>Boeings manned starliner set for november 30
>implying Boing won't get another setback by then