The most effective way to really explore the universe is to build self-replicating, autonomous robots that can be launched from the moon, at least according to professor of electrical engineering John D. Mathews.

Science Daily has an interesting write-up about Mathews’ musings recently published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Well worth a read. I particularly enjoyed this passage:

“If they are like us, they too have a dysfunctional government and all the other problems plaguing us,” said Mathews. “They won’t want to spend a lot to communicate with us.”

Read the whole article here.

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