[Cipher7071]

I did not mean to suggest that robots would be be better observers than actual astronauts. Nor is it likely that any particular robot will even approach that level of awareness any time soon. Still, perhaps using a variety of different kinds of robots working together, we can achieve better results than we now do. The point is not whether people are better. There is no question about that. But, during times when money for such projects is scarse, it may well be a matter of sending robots or nothing at all.