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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We need some kind of automated workshop on Mars. Send a boatload of refined materials up there and a small autofactory that can craft marginally useful gear and replacement parts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

First, we need an autofactory. This is not a minor step.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We need a hardened autofactory, capable of self-repair and or serious fault tolerance.

Power, protection, temperature stability, something capable of 3d printing without a lot of finish work. How cool would it be to print a new wheel for a rover and install it? Imagine rovers being delivered batteries and solar panels by mini helis...

It's sci-fi for now, but not impossible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

It's absolutely possible, quite likely now. It would probably be too big a project to do anywhere but earth and maybe the moon right now. But the doors it would open if completed...