The key to your question is it's premise: "If we had infinite money and better tech." Basically "IF" we had unlimited resources and advanced ENOUGH technology there would be no practical limit to what we COULD do.
So yes. Why not put a space station around Uranus and every moon and every planet orbiting every star within our reach? Why not put up 50 space stations around each, or 1000, or 10 million for that matter? Why not do any number of things on any whim?
Unfortunately we live in the real world with enormously constraining limits on our money, technology and other resources. Thus we need to choose our priorities far more carefully.
2007-05-18 10:07:31
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answered by Anonymous
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The Lawnchair Astronomer
URANUS COULD HAVE BEEN A GEORGE
When Uranus was first found, its discoverer, Sir William Herschel wanted the planet to be named Georgium Sidus or Georgian Star, after the king of England at the time, George III. Many French astronomers referred to it simply as Herschel and it wasn’t until later on when Johann Bode (1747—1826) proposed it be named Uranus after the mythological father of Saturn.
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2007-05-18 18:17:08
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answered by V. 3
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Uranus can be a valuable source of 3He, as an alternative to mining for it on Earth's moon. It's easier to travel the extra distance to Uranus to collect 3He from its atmosphere than to try to collect it from either Jupiter's or Saturn's. Neptune is about the same size as Uranus, but it's farther away, so Uranus is a good choice.
What's 3He for, you say? Gee, how come people hardly know about this? Even the Chinese and Russians are making plans to go to the moon to start mining for it.
2007-05-18 15:09:33
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answered by Scythian1950 7
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It would make more sense to start with planets closer to the Earth... don't you think? Why should we bother with Uranus? We don't even have the technology to send people and supplies that far yet. Money would not help.
2007-05-18 14:54:03
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answered by Surveyor 5
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I don't see why you'd want to send humans. They can't land on the planet and probes could do the same as they
2007-05-18 14:51:28
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answered by Gene 7
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