Living quarters for the construction crew.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophile"
>
> Robots aren't that good yet. They will be, but not yet.
>
if we can build a robot to explore the surface of mars with no
actually hands on controls, we can build robots that can mine an
asteroid under close watch. for even better control we can use robecs
(romote operated bio equivalant constructs) that are under total
control of the operator.
>
> This is a good idea, but I suspect that this will not happen in
> isolation (I almost said "in a vacuum" until I realized...). There
> will be other things being done while the asteroid is being mined.
> Even before the asteroid is being mined. Unmanned porbes to Mars
and
> Titan. Small tests of LEO SPS. Millitary experiments. And Low
Earth
> Orbit tourism in space hotels, the first being launched from Earth.
>
how many trillion of dollars do you believe will be spent a year on
space.
>
> The accomadations in LEO would be better, but I can well believe
that
> some adventurous souls would pay extra to "rough it" on an asteroid.
>
> Yes. The first *small stations* would be launched from Earth,
because
> you need some presence in space in order to build the big stuff.
But
> by the time we're building whole cities (or even really big hotels,
> see below), we would be using space resorces.
>
why wait. as youve already pointed out, we have the first space
station which is all we need to build the first certerfuge type
station.
>
> My bad. I should have stuck with "Space Princess Cruiser" and
> "Orbital Hilton" instead of making up a new name.
>
> The first step IS being done now, and thus is not skippable. It's
too
> late to skip what is already being done. And I don't really think
we
> are at a point that we can skip the second. Robots aren't that
good.
> Not yet.
>
i dont think you are as aware of what robots are capable as you
think. also there are alway robecs for close quarter work