[Army Air Corps]

You don’t colonise and exploit resources with probes.

[Alter Kaker]

You don’t colonise and exploit resources with probes.

Why not?

[supercat]

You don’t colonise and exploit resources with probes.

What resources have we located that are worth colonizing and exploiting? Manned space travel would probably be worthwhile once we find some, and might be worthwhile if viewed as a training exercise until that time, but a lot of manned space travel is non-productive.