How to Survive on Mercury: A Beginners Guide! (Patreon)

After a tough couple of weeks, I wanted to do something a little more positive!

Then I found out that we've never actually landed on the surface of Mercury.  A fascinating observation given that we've landed on the surface of Venus, which by comparison is a FAR more hostile environment (100 atmosphere pressure, and hotter than Mercury).  The reason is bizarrely that it takes about as much delta V to get to Mercury as to leave the solar system!

It also perversely turns out that it would be easier to survive on Mercury than Venus, and maybe even Mars.  A lot of this simply due to the fact you can hide in the craters at the poles of Mercury and have almost unlimited power, plus a water supply! :-D