If we accept the premise that humans can&#x27;t ever colonise off earth, then we should not fund robotic missions as well, since that assumption makes all space exploration and the science there pointless in the first place.<p>The point of organized missions to gather data from, say, Mars is that this data will help future human space travel efforts. If we accept that we&#x27;re not going to do that <i>ever</i> then all the current activities are worthless and we can just stop them right now.