by NoelC » Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:07 pm
So if humans were to build an outpost there perhaps it would have to be mobile, rolling across the surface, say, just following the sunset. Just warm enough, just cool enough to be comfortable.
Let's see, if it takes 176 days for each part of the surface to see the sun, that would be, at the equator... About 9525 miles in 4224 Earth hours, or about 2 and a quarter miles per hour. You could keep up with the sunset then at just about the speed of a person walking, no?
Or maybe the mobile research station could zip from site to site and spend tens or even hundreds of hours in one spot. That would leave time for research, mining needed materials...
-Noel
Pull the track toward the pole and get a rather slower pace...
So if humans were to build an outpost there perhaps it would have to be mobile, rolling across the surface, say, just following the sunset. Just warm enough, just cool enough to be comfortable.
Let's see, if it takes 176 days for each part of the surface to see the sun, that would be, at the equator... About 9525 miles in 4224 Earth hours, or about 2 and a quarter miles per hour. You could keep up with the sunset then at just about the speed of a person walking, no?
Or maybe the mobile research station could zip from site to site and spend tens or even hundreds of hours in one spot. That would leave time for research, mining needed materials...
-Noel
Pull the track toward the pole and get a rather slower pace...