Mars Comments or Suggestions

Questions

 * once we have all our stuff together what all is needed to compile it. a step by step detailed description would come in handy right about now as i do not have one for the documents Project. lavcoyote25

Rman JackRman Jack
 * I'll post what I have in the World Edit Knowledge Base later today.



Mars Backstory Equals Tech Rationale

 * This is an off-shoot to T. Gold's "Deep Hot Biosphere" Theory & the NON-fossil origins of Oil.


 * It also posits a New Use for the "LAS-Sat & SAT-UPLINK"..


 * Lastly... it addresses "Boot-strapping" premises which have heretofore NOT been addressed.


 * Let me backtrack & then come back full-circle to the hand-writing on the wall..... Adeiu.


 * This is my POV approaching it from a Sci-fi perspective to achieve versimilitude, credibility or that "willing suspension of disbelief."


 * Fundamental Considerations:


 * Available or usuable Energy Source


 * Raw Materials


 * Manufacturing Capacity


 * Scenario 1: Mars already has an extraterrestial Energy Infrastructure Grid that can be tapped-into.


 * Scenario 2: "Start-Gate" everything from Earth to build # 1 (NOT the movie... rather Robert Heinlien's concept of 50 years ago.)


 * Scenario 3: Energy Infrastructure for initial foothold to build manufacturing capacity has to be "Boot-strapped" to Mars.


 * "Boot-strapping" to Mars to achieve Martian Manufacturing independence is a 4-staged process, IMO:


 * A.) Establish Lunar Colony including component manufacturing capacity.


 * B.) Lunar finished sub-assembly components are "sling-shot or catapulted" into a Martian Gravity Well trajectory for eventual High Martian Orbit.


 * C.) Once "B" is achieved the level 1 Solar Energy Harvesting components are assembled in Martian orbit. Orbital Transmission Array is assembled. Components for surface energy reception, raw material extraction, surface & sub-surface energy conversion & manufacturing capacity are payload / shuttled down.


 * D.) Surface assemblies of "C" allow for foothold establishment & eventual independence from most imports of Moon or Martian Orbit facilities.


 * Even after Martian surface independence is acheived the Orbital boot-strapping infrastructure CAN still be in-play.


 * A Martian Explorer expedition or small Research Colony is WAY different than supporting a Martian War Machine in the WZ-sense.


 * Back to South America for me.. Heh. ;)

WZ On "Glorious Mars"

 * The god of War in Mythology, Mars was not a locale I ever contemplated for a WZ CAM till Coyote began working on it a few years back.


 * My CAM focus was (& still is) South America & Asia. But Mars has grown on me thanks to Coyote's marvelous work on the CAM maps. To such a degree that I felt a passion to contribute to its ultimate realization.


 * It has also led me to explore Mars like I haven't since I devoured Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars series of novels.


 * The last few days I have been perusing a book called: Destination Mars by Alain Dupas. (Originally pub. in French in 2002, then trans. & pub. in English in 2004.)


 * OH my god...... "Glorious Mars" is the only way to come close to the artist renderings in this magnificent book.


 * Am re-inspired to complete the Mars Texture Tile Set. Especially the Polar Ice Caps - renderings to die for.


 * Now if Chojun's Sky Paint Box is implemented in WZ. WOW !!!


 * Talk about TOTAL, Visceral, Immersive Gameplay. :-)


 * The Artist who did these enchanting renderings is Ron Miller. He also was the set-designer for such movies as Dune and Total Recall.


 * Check your local library for a copy & if they don't have it ask 'em to order it !


 * Coincidentally Coyote lives in Canada & the publisher of this book is Canadian !


 * Six-degrees of seperation & serendipity all rolled-up into an amazing whole.


 * Have a look inside:

Destination Mars


 * Rman JackRman Jack 22:42, 20 Jan 2005 (PST)