Re:Six Men Spent 520 Days Locked in a Room to See If We Coul...
by Retric on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @10:40PM
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It depends on the size of the base. If your population ever broke 10,000 then having a few programs might be a good idea. But, redundant radios are cheap and your probably better off sending an extra doctor / pilot / geologist / engineer / biologist etc for your first few hundred people.
After-all having a working terminal that let's someone code is a hell of a lot more complex and uses a lot more power than a radio.
PS: This ends up getting back to the huge cost benefit of sending rover instead of people. Sure if you ever built up a self sustaining base including the ability to manufacture everything it needs from replacement parts, to CPU's, food, and fuel then sure send people. Until then you don't actually get any redundancy from sending people there.
After-all having a working terminal that let's someone code is a hell of a lot more complex and uses a lot more power than a radio.
PS: This ends up getting back to the huge cost benefit of sending rover instead of people. Sure if you ever built up a self sustaining base including the ability to manufacture everything it needs from replacement parts, to CPU's, food, and fuel then sure send people. Until then you don't actually get any redundancy from sending people there.