03-11-2017, 05:12 PM
If Musk could put a hotel in LEO that would be a triumph, never mind Mars. A hotel in circumlunar space would be even more challenging, but that might also be an option.
The two opposing strategies for space exploration are a choice between a human presence in space and none at all. If AI research progresses as fast as I think it will (and I'm fairly pessimistic in that regard) then there could be fully competent AI all over the Solar System in a couple of hundred years. If humans do not accompany them then it will be unfortunate, but only from a human point of view. From the AI point of view the Solar System will be open for business, whether we are there or not.
The two opposing strategies for space exploration are a choice between a human presence in space and none at all. If AI research progresses as fast as I think it will (and I'm fairly pessimistic in that regard) then there could be fully competent AI all over the Solar System in a couple of hundred years. If humans do not accompany them then it will be unfortunate, but only from a human point of view. From the AI point of view the Solar System will be open for business, whether we are there or not.