By far the most useful thing for governments to do would be to work on proper nuclear power that can be sent on a Starship. I think the chemical plant and the

By far the most useful thing for governments to do would be to work on proper nuclear power that can be sent on a Starship. I think the chemical plant and the water gathering is something that SpaceX can build. Even at scale. Sadly Musk is a believer in solar instead of nuclear power. I simply don't believe solar power is reasonable on Mars.