[jve]

> Makes me wonder why put all this effort to make space-travel safe for crews

Would you want to board that capsule yourself, otherwise?

> Why not focus on remotely controlled or AI autonomous vehicles instead?

Buzzwords doesn't make something more reliable/less error prone. You really think that by throwing in something like AI, which can fail in unexpected ways, be a good idea?

[galaxyLogic]

I think it's worth studying and developing further, for instance study how to make AI which will not "fail in unexpected ways"