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How do the passage authors differ in their views of the fact that robots can be programmed?

A.
The author of The Importance of Sending People to Space views programming as a limitation, while the author of Robots: The New Space Explorers views it as an advantage.

B.
The author of The Importance of Sending People to Space views programmed robots as useless, while the author of Robots: The New Space Explorers views them as being of some use.

C.
The author of The Importance of Sending People to Space views programming as a process prone to errors, while the author of Robots: The New Space Explorers views it as an exact science.

D.
The author of The Importance of Sending People to Space views programmed robots as inferior to human scientists, while the author of Robots: The New Space Explorers views them as better than human scientists.

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The first author emphasizes programming as a limitation—robots only do what they’re programmed to do—while the second highlights programmability as an advantage, allowing robots to perform tasks and explore environments humans cannot.