Michael Lind is an author, columnist for Salon.com, and policy director at the New America Foundation. In the article "Human Spaceflight Should End", he favors unmanned spaceflight, arguing that robotic space probes have been so successful in space exploration that human lives should not be risked (Lind, Michael) . In my opinion, robotic space probes are better suited for space exploration because they do not require oxygen and. if the probes are destroyed, there is no emotional attachment. With the end of the human spaceflight program, many people would say that this decision is a disgrace to America and its space program. However, the United States has been very successful in using robots like these. Mars rovers or the Phoenix lander. Due to the rapid growth of technology, the use of astronauts has been replaced by the use of space probes. An example of this technology is the Kepler space telescope. Thanks to this, scientists were able to discover more things. 500 planets in a different solar system. A probe is currently orbiting Mercury, and another probe is expected to pass Pluto in 2015. There are many arguments in favor of human spaceflight. One of the arguments mentioned and refuted by Lind is that machines are incapable of conducting scientific experiments due to their lack of intelligence. The success of robotic drones and space probes proves the opposite. Another argument Lind makes is that life is always looking for new places to live. This argument is refuted by the fact that animals do not leave a comfortable habitat unless they have to. Lind also refutes the argument that space exploration is necessary to avoid extinction. If a natural "disaster" such as a supervolcano or supernova occurred... middle of paper ... high cost and risk. In this article, Lind spends most of his time explaining why humanity's spaceflight should end. It provides very little evidence of the benefits of using robotic probes. It describes some examples of where they are going, but it doesn't give any information on the benefit of using robotic probes rather than human probes. Lind has a very sarcastic tone to this argument and he doesn't give the astronauts enough credit. In conclusion, I believe this article is not well written and contains tiny evidence as to why spaceflight should end, which ironically is the title of the article. Works Cited Lind, Michael. “Why should we accept the end of human spaceflight.” Salon.com. Np: np, 2011. N. pag. Rep. at NASA. Ed. Marguerite Haerens. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing viewpoints in context. Internet. March 21. 2014.