Shouldn't N.A.S.A. start sending small, tarantuala-shaped solar-powered explorer robots to sunny locations on planets and moons to walk-about with small cameras? The metal arachnids would have a wifi link to a primary controller box that would resend data to Earth or the moon when a lunar research facility is built.
Mercury could be a good place to send 50 or so tarantulas, and of course Mars too. WIth smaller, cheaper individual units some could just sample soil, others could have infrared capability, and others regular cameras etc.
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Mercury could be a good place to send 50 or so tarantulas, and of course Mars too. WIth smaller, cheaper individual units some could just sample soil, others could have infrared capability, and others regular cameras etc.
image via wikipedia
