Talk:Colonization of Mercury

message: Found the following in the Mercury article talk page... you may be able to merge this into his page, though it is unreferenced... -- Nbound 02:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More information from Mercury Article? 

message: All these "colonization of ... " articles seem to be about colonization with and by humans. Is it just accidental that there is no consideration of colonization with robots or would that be separate articles? When saying robots I'm not thinking of human-like robots from science fiction books but of fully automated factories and minig sites. 84.160.255.160 10:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Colonization is by definition by humans. Otherwise it would be exploration. Nixer 12:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't dare to call minig, steel milling and the prodution of solar panels, structural components of space stations and the like, done on a permanent base, exploration. 84.160.231.225 14:46, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, without people it is certainly not colonization. siafu 17:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a quote from FAST COMPANY: "...An entirely energy self-sufficient robot 'colony'...".  According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, ELEVENTH EDITION (C) 2007, a colony is one of a number of things depending on context, including a group of things with common characteristics situated in close association.  It seems possible to me that colony can refer to a robotic installation.  - Fartherred (talk) 17:39, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about robot-only colonization ? 

message: Why is the "space colonization" boxes entry for earth empty? Would it be good if it pointed to Ocean colonization? 84.160.255.160 11:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ocean colonization 

message: Why was terraforming mercury deleted? IcarusReborn 16:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How does digging a hole terraform mercury?  Do you have any reference to support this? (I put this in the comment when I removed it) Vincecate 17:22, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Terraforming Mercury

message: Isn't it better to use MESSENGER's first Mercury-picture as the main picture?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wobster (talk • contribs) 16:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Picture 

message: Currently in the text is written: "However, entering orbit around Mercury and landing on the surface would take 6 years with current propulsion methods." - but this is the duration of the flight for MESSENGER and BepiColombo robotic probes - optimized for maximum payload of instruments and fuel for operations to be delivered (thus lower energy for transport and longer time). Most propably a human mission will be optimized for speed, so it should be faster than 6 years, but by how much? And what about the return trip?Alinor (talk) 13:38, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  time for travel 

message: At what speed does the terminator move ? The article says slowly, but not how slowly. Would it be possible to have a vehicle drive around the equator, always staying at a balmy 20 degrees C? Anxietycello (talk) 23:12, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I should add that "no problem" is relative - e.g. the Mars rovers move much too slowly for this (≤0.1km/h). --Roentgenium111 (talk) 19:41, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mercury termination speed