No, the guy 100 years before him would have. Meaning the first guy who had the robot. They would have measured how long it took, known the best routes, then tens of thousands of people would have followed shortly thereafter because a lot of the danger would have been taken out of the voyage.
You've got a point there. I'm not saying we shouldn't use robots extensively, just reacting to the idea that "humans don't belong in space, it's too expensive".
