Robots in space? Probably...

"Even after the first humans arrive, construction work will continue. More and more robots will arrive. More and more material from Earth. The Moon will be the main launching point for heavily ladened Starships." 

Watched an interesting YouTube about how we are going to make Mars somewhat livable. Right now, having a human on Mars would be a suicide mission. Very dangerous and deadly. However, our modern-day genius who always thinks outside the box (that be Elon Musk), has this Mars vision well in hand. It may look like all his business ventures are disjointed, but they are not. That is where the excitement comes in.

Musk's involvement in robotics, in space, in AI, in communications, in boring equipment - will all come into play once we head out for Mars. The first wave of Starships to head to Mars will be loaded down with equipment and lots of robots and robotic machines. All will be stuffed to the max with AI. For two years, these robots will work in tandem to prep the landscape to make more permanent landing pads and habitats. 

The robots will use 3D printing to construct walls and floors made out of regolith - a substance which is abundant on Mars. Water to mix it will come from some of the frozen water beneath the surface of Mars. Work will continue, 24 X7 for two years. Meanwhile, more Starships will arrive, in preparation for the first humans. 

Even after the first humans arrive, construction work will continue. More and more robots will arrive. More and more material from Earth. The Moon will be the main launching point for heavily ladened Starships. Starlink will establish a communication grid so different human colonies on Mars can easily communicate with each other. 

There are other visions on how, once we get some humans living on Mars, we can start to terraform the planet to have it look like it once did before it lost its atmosphere. As the YouTube I was watching, had this to say - the Mars project will be multi-generational. The biggest and grandest endeavor ever attempted by mankind.

Will this come to pass? I think it will, if we don't blow each other up first. According to Drudge, we now have some troops in Taiwan. If this is true, we are now one step closer to something awful happening. But that is a story for another day.