Re: Space exploration for the rest of us

In article <12hmgg6i5muhra9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Jim McCauley" <jematfriidotnet> wrote:

If Ray Kurzweil and the Singularitarians are correct, humans will be able to
upload themselves someday.

Not to nitpick, but uploading doesn't require a Singularity. See
<http://www.ibiblio.org/jstrout/uploading> for a somewhat dated but
still useful overview.

If this in fact becomes possible, and uploaded
humans can occupy manufactured forms (android or otherwise), wouldn't it
make sense for astronauts to be uploads?

In general, sure, but that's not going to happen for probably a hundred
years -- personally, I don't think we should wait for it to get real
space development underway.

Cheers,
- Joe
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