<![CDATA[Why not build the settlement in advance of the first landing?]]>Sending people to Mars, keeping them alive there, and bringing them back (optional) is hard.

Sending robots to Mars is easier. It's been done in 1997 and artificial intelligence and robotics have made major strides since.

A semi-autonomous* settlement with life support should be built before we send people there. This will save a lot of time and make the mission far more likely to succeed than if we treat it like a camping trip and make astronauts set their own "tents" up.

* with high-level operations being managed remotely, but real-time operations requiring automation due to the unavoidably high ping between Earth and Mars

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/topic/123a0c49-970e-4689-b34c-29a4002f746e/why-not-build-the-settlement-in-advance-of-the-first-landingRSS for NodeSat, 05 Sep 2026 16:24:16 GMTSat, 29 Aug 2026 07:44:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why not build the settlement in advance of the first landing? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:49:49 GMT]]>Despite the current hype about AI and robotics, we simply don't have the technology to do that.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25548728https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25548728Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:49:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why not build the settlement in advance of the first landing? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:35:38 GMT]]>Yeah but what about squatters?

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25701427https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25701427Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:35:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why not build the settlement in advance of the first landing? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:33:04 GMT]]>is anyone planning to go there without doing that?

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://feddit.nu/comment/21722938https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://feddit.nu/comment/21722938Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:33:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why not build the settlement in advance of the first landing? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:52:45 GMT]]>I think (just my guess) that's probably the plan, have at minimum the infrastructure on site prior to human arrival

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://jlai.lu/comment/22895461https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://jlai.lu/comment/22895461Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:52:45 GMT