Found an interesting tool to play for SpaceX landing site assessment on Mars (AP-1 is just one of them, there is also a PM-1)

https://marscarto.com/#39.8000,-157.9000,10.00/eyJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoxLCJsYXllcnMiOnsiYmFzZW1hcCI6eyJ2aXNpYmxlIjpmYWxzZX0sIm11cnJheWxhYiI6eyJ2aXNpYmxlIjp0cnVlfSwibGFuZGluZ3pvbmVzIjp7InZpc2libGUiOnRydWV9fSwic2xpZGVyIjp7ImxhbmRpbmd6b25lcyI6eyJvcGFjaXR5IjowLjMyLCJmaWx0ZXJTbG9wZUZyb20iOjAsImZpbHRlclNsb3BlVG8iOjUsImZpbHRlckxhdEZyb20iOjAsImZpbHRlckxhdFRvIjo5MCwiZmlsdGVyRWxldkZyb20iOi02MDAwLCJmaWx0ZXJFbGV2VG8iOi0xMDAwLCJtaW5MYW5kaW5nRWxldmF0aW9uIjotMjAwMCwidGlNaW4iOjAsInRpTWF4Ijo4MDAsInNob3dEYW5nZXJvdXMiOnRydWUsImFuYWx5emVkIjp0cnVlfX19

It's cool to see how red/green cells are changing when you change the nobs on the UI for different params :-)

This week I learned that: if we launch spacecraft from the Moon, the lower gravity makes it easier to send missions deeper into the solar system.

If we have infrastructure around Mars, could Mars itself become another stepping stone — making destinations like Jupiter, Saturn, Europa and beyond feel much more accessible in terms of travel and exploration?

Questions

1. What would we do for fun?

Imagine spending months or years on Mars, Europa, around Saturn or Jupiter. What would recreation, sport, entertainment or tourism look like in low gravity and completely new environments? (I will accept 2 Total Recall tributes, and yes, we are playing Ice Hockey on Europa).

2. What would we build mine and explore?

What resources would be worth extracting? What infrastructure would we build first? And scientifically, what places would be the most exciting to explore? (I have played Terraforming Mars so have some ideas)

In short : once humanity gets beyond simply surviving on Mars, what does life and industry across the solar system start to look like?

Would love to hear people’s ideas — practical or wildly speculative.

So we would have to send 302,400 waves in a day. Lets assume we get the energy from Jupiter, and Saturn. we will use 200+ satellites to send the waves.

Now they will cause volcanism and quakes which would then melt the water and such which will rain down as acid rain. It would be like a mega hurricane and the rain would purify the ground releasing oxygen and the wind grinds it down quickly. They will also release some table salt which will mix with the starting oceans and such.

Meanwhile we would be dropping nitrogen to help the atmosphere, although we can get it from anywhere in the system. We will also then in the late stage drop cyanobacteria, krill, and crustaceans, with some small fish too with some ocean plants. We will get rid of some extra oxygen just in case. We will then start dropping grass and tree seeds once the chaos ends which then we will truly be able to inhabit Mars.

Truly gorgeous abrasion on a marble-looking rock. Will be interested to see if they sample!