John Savard wrote:

Still, setting foot on it gives it a chance to do more, such as serve as
an astronomical platform.


make a nice spot for a an extention of a long base array radio
telescope, or a great veiw of the galaxy,

Brad Guth wrote:

I'm afraid that's only as long as we've managed to deploy what has to
become a fully robotic trillion dollar nuclear power plant and all of
the machinery as. for extracting and processing whatever Zubrin needs,

a solar furnace would be less expensive, mirrors don't have to deal
with weather, cheep rc servo's could easy handle the task of moving
the very light reflectors,

E.L.