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Can we stake a claim on Mars yet? I figure it'd be relatively cheap to fly something to Mars, say you own the whole planet and recoup more than the $60 million
by programminggeek 10y ago
Can we stake a claim on Mars yet? I figure it'd be relatively cheap to fly something to Mars, say you own the whole planet and recoup more than the $60 million to get there...
- Tuna-Fish 10y agoWhy would anyone respect your claim?
- JamilD 10y agoYou would have a hard time finding a court to enforce your claim too, since the Outer Space Treaty states: Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.
- zaroth 10y agoSeriously, depending on how long your game is, it might make sense. You would expect at first the claim would be completely disregarded, and then in some number of centuries enough inter-planetary infrastructure could develop that includes a legal framework under which you could sue for damages. Or, something... I wonder if you could send over some type of networking equipment, and then anticipate charging one heck of a bandwidth premium?
- kiba 10y agoI have a feeling that those claims aren't valid if you, or your robots aren't standing on them.
- lionyo 10y agoIf you can defend it, you can keep it
- kirrent 10y agoThe outer space treaty says you can't stake a claim but your property rights are still respected under the treaty. That is, if you have a habitat on the surface of Mars, for all intents and purposes that land is yours though there is an obligation to provide for visits from representatives other countries on a reciprocal basis.
- stuff4ben 10y agoDoes the treaty apply to private corporations? How does that work?