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It's endearing to think of a rover having a companion helper. I know the whole thing is impressive. But it's really hard for me to get past the awesomeness of

It's endearing to think of a rover having a companion helper. I know the whole thing is impressive. But it's really hard for me to get past the awesomeness of rocket crane landing a rover on another planet. That stuff is crazy awesome.

throwaway6734 6y ago
I can't wait until we have the technical skills to land more autonomous bots to build landing pads/human liveable structures
- chasd00 6y ago
  that never dawned on me, you know it could be a way to start producing fuel for a return trip home too.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    "never dawned on me" sounds like a great name for a SpaceX drone ship. I think the autonomous drones are a key component to Musk's colony plans.
    - 7e 6y ago
      So far NASA has been doing plenty on Mars, and Musk has done zero. He does love to talk and blow things up.
      - dylan604 6y ago
        NASA can't remember the difference between feet and meters, and they are notorious for delay delay delay. They are also famous for blowing up some shit too. Sadly, they have even lost humans on multiple occassions. They are not perfect. Musk has a rocket that can be reused multiple times, and can deliver to the ISS. NASA can't do any of that. NASA has been around for 70 years, yet still no people on Mars. Just cute little robots that they hired others to build for them. Short Musk all you want, but he's the only one that I think will actually attempt doing things on mars than taking pictures and soil samples.
      - BigMajestic 6y ago
        This is not a rivalry, this is collaboration. NASA has different goals and SpaceX has different goals, but where they can, they're working together. Without NASA's contracts SpaceX wouldn't be where it's right now.
  - imtringued 6y ago
    This is irrelevant, the ultimate objective on mars is finding nitrogen in the soil and releasing it into the atmosphere. If this is possible then it's the first thing you should do, perhaps hundreds of years before the first human steps on mars, if this is impossible, then going to mars was a bad idea in the first place.
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throwaway6734 6y ago

I can't wait until we have the technical skills to land more autonomous bots to build landing pads/human liveable structures

chasd00 6y ago
that never dawned on me, you know it could be a way to start producing fuel for a return trip home too.
- dylan604 6y ago
  "never dawned on me" sounds like a great name for a SpaceX drone ship. I think the autonomous drones are a key component to Musk's colony plans.
  - 7e 6y ago
    So far NASA has been doing plenty on Mars, and Musk has done zero. He does love to talk and blow things up.
    - dylan604 6y ago
      NASA can't remember the difference between feet and meters, and they are notorious for delay delay delay. They are also famous for blowing up some shit too. Sadly, they have even lost humans on multiple occassions. They are not perfect. Musk has a rocket that can be reused multiple times, and can deliver to the ISS. NASA can't do any of that. NASA has been around for 70 years, yet still no people on Mars. Just cute little robots that they hired others to build for them. Short Musk all you want, but he's the only one that I think will actually attempt doing things on mars than taking pictures and soil samples.
    - BigMajestic 6y ago
      This is not a rivalry, this is collaboration. NASA has different goals and SpaceX has different goals, but where they can, they're working together. Without NASA's contracts SpaceX wouldn't be where it's right now.
- imtringued 6y ago
  This is irrelevant, the ultimate objective on mars is finding nitrogen in the soil and releasing it into the atmosphere. If this is possible then it's the first thing you should do, perhaps hundreds of years before the first human steps on mars, if this is impossible, then going to mars was a bad idea in the first place.

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