Moon is part of Mars

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

But you can teach the robots what's interesting, what to look for, where to look, and so on. Failing that, you can have human controllers on Earth who can tell the robot, 'Swivel your main camera 22 degrees. Send us the pictures.  Wait for further instructions.'  And an hour later, they can tell the robot, 'Proceed to the smaller of the two rocks that are north of you and perform tests C, J and L-17.'


Boru

Crap. They're limited to the imagination of the programmers. They could walk right past a tin can dropped by a tourist from Betelgeuse.

Double crap on YOU, so there. 

And an astronaut in situ is limited to the imagination of the astronaut.  Which is why you can take a reasonably intelligent robot and have it directed by human controllers on Earth.  People remotely controlling a Mars rover are more likely to be imaginative than is an astronaut on the surface, who is probably too worried about her spacesuit springing a leak or some such to spot that tin can.

Boru