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  • Space exploration has always been at mercy of politicians, especially manned spaceflight. It’s only recently we’ve got a long-term space station used for real research, and it’s about to be decommissioned because there is no political clout to be gained from sending humans to low Earth orbit anymore. Unlike planting a flag on Moon or Mars for which politicians are willing to spend trillions (but which has dubious scientific value).

    Automatic probes are the only real future for space exploration because they are much cheaper than manned space programs (and thus easier to fund) and you can send them farther.