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_bGOL
100 _aGoldsmith, Donalds
245 _aEnd of astronauts : why robots are the future of exploration
260 _bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2022
_aCambridge :
300 _a 185 p.;
_bill.
_c22 cm
365 _b25.95
_cUSD
_d82.80
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aGovernments, companies, and private investors spend billions on astronaut-dependent space travel, but the work is dangerous and unhealthy to human bodies-so that executing missions may simply not be worth the cost. The future will be one of robots, heirs to the Perseverance rover on Mars, equipped with artificial intelligence and capable of autonomous exploration.
650 _aSpace robotics
700 _aRees, Martin J.
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