▲ 1515 ▼ we are creators (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 260 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) First, we need an autofactory. This is not a minor step. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) We need a hardened autofactory, capable of self-repair and or serious fault tolerance. Power, protection, temperature stability, something capable of 3d printing without a lot of finish work. How cool would it be to print a new wheel for a rover and install it? Imagine rovers being delivered batteries and solar panels by mini helis... It's sci-fi for now, but not impossible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago It's absolutely possible, quite likely now. It would probably be too big a project to do anywhere but earth and maybe the moon right now. But the doors it would open if completed... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) We need a hardened autofactory, capable of self-repair and or serious fault tolerance. Power, protection, temperature stability, something capable of 3d printing without a lot of finish work. How cool would it be to print a new wheel for a rover and install it? Imagine rovers being delivered batteries and solar panels by mini helis... It's sci-fi for now, but not impossible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago It's absolutely possible, quite likely now. It would probably be too big a project to do anywhere but earth and maybe the moon right now. But the doors it would open if completed... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago It's absolutely possible, quite likely now. It would probably be too big a project to do anywhere but earth and maybe the moon right now. But the doors it would open if completed... permalink fedilink source parent