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[–] RegularJerk 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

But would a perfect human still be human? Should we make people smarter and stronger? Should humans be able to live forever?

How else are we going to explore space?

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[–] SilvanestiTheErudite 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, if you look at a lot of the practical problems with space exploration a lot of them could be fixed with comparatively minor genetic tweaks. A good example is the food issue: humans could live off of spirulina algae and vitamin pills, meaning that an entirely closed life support system would be possible, if it weren't for the whole gout issue. Now it turns out there are only a very few species that have that problem, and most likely we could just do one gene swap and solve the problem. One swap, no new engineering, nothing that nature hasn't already done, could make space travel that much easier.

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[–] dfgendle 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

With our minds uploaded to robot bodies obviously.

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[–] 123_456 ago 

I imagine that space exploration in the future will all be virtual. We'll do everything via robots. And communication will be instantenous with teleportation technology.