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> You are spending your time getting things into space and your CEO is literally heading in the opposite direction. On the other hand, boring technology is alm
by imron 10y ago
> You are spending your time getting things into space and your CEO is literally heading in the opposite direction.
On the other hand, boring technology is almost certainly going to play a key role in the colonisation of Mars.
- mtgx 10y agoYes, I'm sure that's at least part of the reason why he's doing this. He's trying to "learn" about digging (and reaching 5x, 10x higher efficiency) by doing a (hopefully) profitable business around it first.
- asendra 10y agoAnd solar panels. And electric vehicles..
- wolfram74 10y agoNote though that solar panels are half as effective on mars given it's distance to the sun, nuclear is even more important on Mars than on Earth.
- pitt1980 10y agois that true? how much effectiveness are you gaining with the thinner atmosphere?
- hxegon 10y agoDefinitely not as much as you are losing to the inverse square law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law#Light_and_other_electromagnetic_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law#Light_and_o...
- Symmetry 10y agoIt's about 40% of Earth's surface before accounting for the thinner atmosphere and about 60% after.
- benchaney 10y agoTrue, but there is a ton of open space on mars. They can just cover more area to make up for it. Plus the lack of real weather would make the solar panels more consistent.