> [...]I expect Terran governments to forcefully insist on non-Monopolistic behaviour very quickly All of the Terran governments? I think it would be trivial t

> [...]I expect Terran governments to forcefully insist on non-Monopolistic behaviour very quickly All of the Terran governments? I think it would be trivial to play different governments with launch capability against each other, especially if you can mine asteroids (or have technology that's almost there and can promise to supply cooperative governments raw materials in exchange of access to a launch complex and their domestic food market). The promises of riches in the colonies drove competition among colonizing countries, I don't see how it would be any different, it would be trivial to set up subsidiaries in the US/Russia/China/France and see who bites first.