Would be great for freight hauling, getting material into place in orbit, especially fuel, robots, support machinery
“Would be great for freight hauling, getting material into place in orbit, especially fuel, robots, support machinery”
Robotic barges should pre-position redundant stockpiles of shelters, supplies, power sources, vehicles and robots (and probably start up farms); before any people land to occupy a Mars base.
With current rockets, it is a two year trip, each way - and even that only within certain launch windows.
The kind of propulsion in this article could make Mars much more feasible, and much more survivable.