The real meat of this post is the sentence from this author: >"SpaceX purports not to create law horizontally via contract, but to establish the only law on Ma

The real meat of this post is the sentence from this author: >"SpaceX purports not to create law horizontally via contract, but to establish the only law on Mars – a vertical structure endemic to sovereign legal orders." Which doesn't seem supported by SpaceX's ToS: >"For Services provided on Mars, or in transit to Mars via Starship or other colonization spacecraft, the parties recognize Mars as a free planet and that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities. Accordingly, Disputes will be settled through self-governing principles, established in good faith, at the time of Martian settlement." SpaceX is trying to establish an agreement between itself and all its users, not enforce that agreement against third parties (as far as I can see). There may be a conflict if/when a second provider establishes a colony on Mars, but nobody else seems to be working towards that goal, so it's even more speculative than SpaceX's ambitions.