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Pass a law that whoever parks their pasty butt on the surface of another planet owns x square meters of it, but they have to land in person and affix a notary.
by maeon3 14y ago
Pass a law that whoever parks their pasty butt on the surface of another planet owns x square meters of it, but they have to land in person and affix a notary.
there has got to be a way to monitize seeding a civilization on mars.
- johneth 14y agoI know you're probably not being serious, but this would stop that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty
- nitrogen 14y agoYes, it would affect the "pass a law" part of the OP's proposal, but would Mars-bound indiviual colonists, representing only themselves and no nation, be bound by treaties between the dinosaurs of Earth?
- jlgreco 14y agoI believe the correct response from any future colonists to cries about international treaties would be "Come and stop us."
- danielweber 14y agoTreaties can be, and have been, renegotiated.