Nasa's Valkyrie robot was built by the Johnson Space Center to compete in a 2013 robotics challenge trial. Weighing 300lb and standing at 6ft2in, it looks not unlike a Star Wars Stormtrooper, but it ...
But the success of these autonomous spacecraft – coupled with the rise of new advanced artificial intelligence – raises the question of what role humans might play in future space exploration.
Maybe future humans will be Martians who will never set foot on Earth. While certain ultra-wealthy space entrepreneurs claim Mars colonization is right around the corner, this could be a more long ...
Their research could help future Mars missions ... Lack of gravity or decreased gravity in the space flight environment can have an enormous effect on human health, and that's because there's ...