Name | Description | Proximity | Viability Rating | Commentary |
Mining | Medium | High | Mining for mineral will undoubtedly be useful, as will mining for water | |
Strip Mineing | Medium | High | Strip mining, or surface mining, for iron, silicon and water amongst others will be essential for building the base and the colony | |
Ore processing | Medium | High | Processing ore, in particular iron ore from the surface regolith, will give useful materials for localized industry | |
Electro catpult | Built up the side of pavonis mons, 200km long, to accelerate into space | Far | Medium | Like the proposed Earth counterpart, this will have major engineering challenges to guild. Unlike Earths version, it won’t have to worry about reaching the top of the atmosphere before maximum speed, with Mars having a much thinner atmosphere |
Industrial Microbes | Genetically engineered microbes to refine metals and fuel production |
Transorbital 