User blog comment:Owlfeathers0117/Caelmare/@comment-24787182-20151022215207/@comment-5885288-20151023003255

To solve the transportation issue I just set up a small self sustaining base on an island, instructed it to mine resources, and then used those resources to build a large underground base. Now all I have to do is send stuff off the planet, which is much safer and easier.