> Bit of a shift, given that before your earlier comment we were discussing “is Musk and SpaceX being a bit feudal”, but sure. Well, I was responding to: > Th

> Bit of a shift, given that before your earlier comment we were discussing “is Musk and SpaceX being a bit feudal”, but sure. Well, I was responding to: > The Outer Space Treaty means anything launched from Earth remains the responsibility of the nation who launched it. SpaceX most certainly is under the jurisdiction of the US and will remain so for the foreseeable future. My response being that jurisdiction may not mean anything, simply because of the distance involved. That was my point. If mars is a one way trip, then earths influence may turn out to be quite minimal, simply because its hard and slow to move between earth and mars. If earths influence is minimal, then jurisdiction is a rather moot point.