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xtheory t1_j0fo089 wrote

Reply to comment by LordIlthari in We should dismantle Mars, not colonize it. by [deleted]

And how do you propose that we dismantle it and plunder any resourced from there that we don't already have here and can procure at much less cost?

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Sleepdprived t1_j0fox1d wrote

People would have to go live there to set up the machines anyway... what would we call a distant territory controlled by a foreign state?

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LordIlthari t1_j0fohs5 wrote

Self replicating mining robots, likely clanking self-replicators, combined with low cost launch infrastructure such as orbital launch loops combined with skyhook satellites. This process would likely require several centuries but is theoretically feasible, and would be relatively easy to implant on Mars relative to the other rocky planets. Given Venus is the nearest thing known to Hell and Mercury isn’t much better.

As for resources, simply put the mass necessary to construct a Dyson Swarm and the fleets needed to colonize and dominate the galaxy isn’t going to be coming from earth unless we want to destroy our homeworld to do it. Considering earth is possibly the only planet in the universe humans can live on relatively easily, this is a bad idea.

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tms102 t1_j0fox7l wrote

Which scifi book/show are you currently reading/watching?

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LordIlthari t1_j0fp13p wrote

Scifi dreams too small.

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tms102 t1_j0fpr56 wrote

How do you figure? Every thing you posted and way beyond that has been in scifi already.

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xtheory t1_j0foz06 wrote

OK, but you do realize that even a 1% change of any center of gravity and orbit of any of the planets will cause a complete collapse of our entire solar system, right?

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