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also it may be astounding to you that the ancients knew about precession but they had more time to work it out because their equivalent of your sci fi channel was the sky above their heads
if you spent as much time studying astronomy as you do fantasizing wothout any evidence you'd realise how stupid that statement you made actually sounds
Originally posted by Marduk
actually its far easier to build with metals and concrete
thats why we do it
not because we don't know how to use stone
why wouldn't these super duper advanced Aliens know that ?
youre claiming its easier to quarry rocks weighing upwards of 4 tons and moving them several miles than it is to make concrete from the same material.
I see you've never worked in the building trade then
Just look at what you wrote. Ludicrous! Just for the sake of educating your puny little intellect, since you doubt the other author's claim that an advance intelligent species did it, therefore are you claiming primitive did it??!!
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
a.) Would it be more economical if you were to build a uranium processing plant on Mars, ferrying the construction materials ( steel, cement, machineries, etc..) just to build one or a few, or would you rather just ferry the ore back to Earth for processing?
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
b.) Should the answer to a) be to ferry back the ore, would you at least create landing pads, landing zones, markers for spaceships to recognise landmarks, perform landing and taking off?
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
c.) Should b) be positive, what material would you use to create such landing pads, markers, etc?
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
d.) As for mining crew, would you prefer to send professional miners or convicts? Consider too, on the economic costs of miners/convicts, as well as the admin/socialogical aspects, eg..pay/unions/recreation/command & control.
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
e.) If there is an opportunity for genetic manipulation/Eugenics/cloning for Mars is out of Earth's genetic laws, would you prefer to create domesticated 'sub-humans' to do the tedious mining work as well as serving the admin crew, reprehensive as it may sound to politically correct humans?
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
f.) Should you bring along tools, would you prefer to use tools made of gold, so that it does not corrode over time, or steel which rust and becomes dust over time, or at least will lasts for some time before the elements turn it into dust?
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
A similar tale was recounted in the Sumerian text, and just for the info, the sumerians were considered the oldest civilisation on Earth as of today's knowledge, and do take note, the sumerians attributed the mega structures to construction by the gods, and not men.
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth102
I am no scholar, just an ordinary layman.
youre claiming its easier to quarry rocks weighing upwards of 4 tons and moving them several miles than it is to make concrete from the same material.
I see you've never worked in the building trade then
and mining surely should be easy for Aliens who have access to advanced technology
i'll say this once again in case you didn't get the point
its far easier even with the aquisition of materials to build with concrete and metal than it is to build with stone
this is why we do it
are you saying that these super advanced Aliens were less advanced than us now
not so clever after all then are they
and this quarrying that you are claiming the aliens did
why were they using copper tools ?
why not laser it out or something
must have been pretty backwards if they weren't using at least an alloy like bronze
after all
the Sumerians were using bronze a thousand years earlier
and they were people right ?
not Aliens
A fleet of robots would be sent to do the job. They would be manufactured (grown) on the way. Then using solar sails and a Group Artificial intelligence they would be deployed to the planet surface. The machines themselves would have morphing capability and would be able to perform many different tasks so if one gets damaged the job can still be completed.