Interesting take, Count Iblis II. If an, intelligent and technologically advaced, alien species has a finite lifespan, such as ours... then robotics would make great sense for space exploration. But what if this species has mastered longevity and space travel ( to the extent that they can bend space, manipulate wormholes, or even time travel)? I would rather survive as a human (as is) than as computer code travelling in a robotic body. OTOH, if "surviving" as a robot prolongs life and enhances our physical and mental acuity then...
I get the sense that, presently, humanity is thousands of years away from any serious space exploration. Serious, in the sense, that placing human/robotic colonies in other star systems. Surely, we have very very much to learn about our own solar system - let alone others.
Sincerely,
