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I'm starting to write about Mars and her colonists again, and that means I need to make concept art. Martian Deep Miners, i.e. people that go underground like traditional Earth miners, have to wear heavy armor over their sealed suits. Cave-ins are an obvious danger, but so are random chips and rocks flying through the air and puncturing a space suit. It makes the miners look like they're space marines, but you can't skimp on protection down there. Even the flexible cloth-like parts of the suit are made of Kevlar. I imagine most of the work has to be done with robots or such, but even an AI machine needs supervision. The object next to the miner is a spool of wires to connect one computer (or wi-fi terminal) to the next. I need to think of other useful tools for mining, so right now all I could think of was a trusty pickaxe.

Description
I'm starting to write about Mars and her colonists again, and that means I need to make concept art. Martian Deep Miners, i.e. people that go underground like traditional Earth miners, have to wear heavy armor over their sealed suits. Cave-ins are an obvious danger, but so are random chips and rocks flying through the air and puncturing a space suit. It makes the miners look like they're space marines, but you can't skimp on protection down there. Even the flexible cloth-like parts of the suit are made of Kevlar. I imagine most of the work has to be done with robots or such, but even an AI machine needs supervision. The object next to the miner is a spool of wires to connect one computer (or wi-fi terminal) to the next. I need to think of other useful tools for mining, so right now all I could think of was a trusty pickaxe.