Seems to me like Mars is probably the best colony world. Much fewer engineering problems, I think. And IIRC Martian soil consists primarily of iron ore. Plus way more water.
Teleop mining robots? That place kills our probes and I don’t think they even have many moving parts. What about some kind of bucket chain?
Well, I never said that they seemed like a good idea to me. (It’s personally hard to think of scenarios in which Venus-proof robots could be economical—unless the asteroids and other rocky planets/moons have all been tapped out, which is far-future enough that I don’t care.) That’s just what he seems to think.
Seems to me like Mars is probably the best colony world. Much fewer engineering problems, I think. And IIRC Martian soil consists primarily of iron ore. Plus way more water.
Teleop mining robots? That place kills our probes and I don’t think they even have many moving parts. What about some kind of bucket chain?
Well, I never said that they seemed like a good idea to me. (It’s personally hard to think of scenarios in which Venus-proof robots could be economical—unless the asteroids and other rocky planets/moons have all been tapped out, which is far-future enough that I don’t care.) That’s just what he seems to think.