Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
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As robots get more capable, the practical case for human spaceflight gets weaker. So will robots eventually spread through the Solar System and beyond? And will they find life out there already?
Martin Rees (Lord Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS) is the UK's Astronomer Royal. He is based at Cambridge University where he is a Fellow (and Former Master) of Trinity College. He is a former President of the Royal Society and a member of many foreign academies. His research interests include space exploration, high energy astrophysics, and cosmology. In addition to his research publications he has written many general articles and ten books, including, most recently ‘On the Future: Prospects for Humanity’ (paperback version published in October 2021) and [with Don Goldsmith] 'The End of Astronauts' [publication April 2022].
About this event
As robots get more capable, the practical case for human spaceflight gets weaker. So will robots eventually spread through the Solar System and beyond? And will they find life out there already?
Martin Rees (Lord Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS) is the UK's Astronomer Royal. He is based at Cambridge University where he is a Fellow (and Former Master) of Trinity College. He is a former President of the Royal Society and a member of many foreign academies. His research interests include space exploration, high energy astrophysics, and cosmology. In addition to his research publications he has written many general articles and ten books, including, most recently ‘On the Future: Prospects for Humanity’ (paperback version published in October 2021) and [with Don Goldsmith] 'The End of Astronauts' [publication April 2022].
