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My answer 3. By using image recognition to identify the organism on the probe. Covers that situation perfectly. We already have facial recognition which can identify one face out of millions. Obviously the same technology could identify one microorganism right now. But even if not, we...

Yes, in three different ways: 1. By sending the images back to earth for comparison by humans or by automated image recognition. 2. By sending the whole sample back to earth for comparison. 3. By using image recognition to identify the organism on the probe. The first two are already much...

I understand the theory, but I've never seen an actual example. What specific decisions would a human need to make for which specific scientific research or exploration? Mars rovers have roamed all over Mars doing experiments. Obviously, the combination of robots on site and remote humans...

Can someone tell me what scientific research which tells us something about space (any location), is better done with people than with robotic spacecraft? This is a serious question. I know that if we are to colonize space, we need to send people. And if we need to learn about people in...