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Are Elon's mining/tunneling droids discussed anywhere? He's said in the past the Earth cities need to "go 3D", putting cars in tunnels underground. Something ne
by paulsutter 10y ago
Are Elon's mining/tunneling droids discussed anywhere? He's said in the past the Earth cities need to "go 3D", putting cars in tunnels underground. Something needs to be done to cut the cost of tunneling, so I'm interested to learn more.
> Initially, glass panes with carbon fiber frames to build geodesic domes on the surface, plus a lot of miner/tunneling droids. With the latter, you can build out a huge amount of pressurized space for industrial operations and leave the glass domes for green living space
From: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/590wi9/i_am_elon_musk_ask_me_anything_about_becoming_a/d94t2bv/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/590wi9/i_am_elon_mu...
- andygates 10y agoFor me, mining robots were the biggest handwave of the session. They'd need to operate on Mars, at least semi-autonomously, and the current state of the art needs a fair bit of nursemaiding (and a local machine shop) to keep running. Still, nothing spurs development like the prospect of a juicy colony contract!