# Human Consciousness Could Travel in Nanoexplorers by Martin Rees and Donald Goldsmith > “Eventually we can send human consciousness, downloaded from individuals or created by artificial intelligence, to nanoexplorers.” > **— Martin Rees and Donald Goldsmith**, *Do We Really Need to Send Humans into Space?, Scientific American, 2020* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Do We Really Need to Send Humans into Space?](https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observations/do-we-really-need-to-send-humans-into-space/) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Mind Upload|Mind Upload]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Eventually we can send human consciousness, downloaded from individuals or created by artificial intelligence, to nanoexplorers.” — Martin Rees and Donald Goldsmith, Do We Really Need to Send Humans into Space?, Scientific American, 2020 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-donald-goldsmith-human-consciousness-travel-nanoexplorers ```