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Yes, if only Mars were already settled and we could exploit the people there. The question has always been what resource, with 3He and platinum being the two m
by dalke 10y ago
Yes, if only Mars were already settled and we could exploit the people there.
The question has always been what resource, with 3He and platinum being the two main contenders.
Otherwise, it could be like coal mining in Antarctica, or manganese module mining from the deep seafloor - technically possible, but not profitable, and certainly not enough for a new EIC.
- JumpCrisscross 10y ago> what resource Ideas. That crazy nuclear experiment you want to run? Fat chance in Montana. But on the far side of Mars? Why not.
- dalke 10y agoWhy would that interest a potential East India Company-like organization? The best I could come up with would if be it leads to a fuel production source, like the satellite at the end of Heinlein's "Blowups Happen". But we know of no such thing, nor do the economics seem to work out.
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- dredmorbius 10y agoThere is no "far side" of Mars. It's not tidally locked, to either the Sun or Earth.
- JumpCrisscross 10y ago"Far side" relative to Mars's principal human installations, not to the Earth.
- dalke 10y agoYou still haven't addressed why there are "principal human installations" on Mars in the first place, much less why they are only on one side of the planet, or why the experiments require local human involvement.