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Yeah the sanest option I've heard is throwing some construction robots up (obviously not easy but far from impossible) to dig us a nice hole to live in when peo
by indiecore 14y ago
Yeah the sanest option I've heard is throwing some construction robots up (obviously not easy but far from impossible) to dig us a nice hole to live in when people get there, set up a reactor, start finding water, etc.
- stcredzero 14y agoConstruction "waldoes" are well within our capability for a year out. The Japanese have already been experimenting with on-orbit teleoperation with a synthesized lag of one full second. It sucks to work that way, but human beans are amazing, and I think there's many a talented gamer who would love to work in space from the comfort of planet Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_(short_story) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_(short_story)
- mattstreet 14y agoMaybe that's why so many places in the US still have shitty internet - to teach the gamers to cope with lag better.
- stcredzero 14y agoOh the irony, if the US turned out to be the dominant power in space because of a head-start from hordes of lag tolerant gamers.
- zalzane 14y ago>human bean
- stcredzero 14y agoIt's a habit I have of bean cute.
- smoyer 14y agoBean there ... Done that
- stcredzero 14y agoShush, you're spilling the...