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Originally Posted by CroFlames
This might be a noob opinion but I feel like these telescopes and probes (like Voyager) do more for science than moon or Mars landings.
Why doesn't NASA send out more telescopes and probes on a regular basis to get more information from different parts of the galaxy/universe?
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That's probably a pretty common prospective even among pros. I think you get more research value/$ with probes and telescopes. But in terms of operational efficiency and technology development that can feed back into the general economy, we are at a phase where human exploration would do way more, way faster.
In the long run you probably need to maintain a good balance.
When you look at the advancements in material sciences, electronics circuitry, communications tech... I think sending humans to space safely drove all of that way faster than just shooting a robot up there could have, but the investment was incredibly high in comparison.