prepare infrastructure, and identify and extract resources [12]. They could also assist with hazardous tasks, reducing the risks to human colonists. Advancements in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems would be essential
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(Oyama et al., 1977) The Pyrolytic Release experiment tested whether Martian life was photosynthetic, so it swapped the atmosphere over the sample with 14C labeled CO2 and CO (14CO2 and 14CO), incubated the sample under artificial lighting for a few days, then ended the experiment by ...
As stated before, artificial gravity research hasn’t been a priority with any space agency since the 1960s. It’s likely that an agency might not abandon decades of research in one direction to start off in another. This may be irrelevant since the cost of DragonLab missions (several tens...
While doing this, they'd also be testing artificial gravity + whatever else they use to mitigate the effects of cosmic radiation. Would be a really interesting mission for those who are interested in such things, and those who aren't - I think would in practice ...
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