lamina1211

lamina1211 t1_j25xmns wrote

Reply to comment by lobosrul in If SpaceX is the only company to land on mars for years, can they lay claim to the land? by --Lavish--

The US government could do alot of things. But we're reaching a point where transnationalism is a thing (or have reached that point). Some corporations can now, and will in the future, operate with limited government influence, as those corporations have more leverage against government than government has against them.

What percentage of SpaceX revenue is currently provided by the US DoD? Can the DoD currently replace the services SpaceX provides?

Now fast forward a decade or two and run the math again.

Human systems of governance aren't well equipped currently to manage multinational corporations with GDPs that would put them in the G20, nevermind multiplanetary corporations with G7 level economic influence.

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lamina1211 t1_j25w665 wrote

Reply to comment by Nexus_produces in If SpaceX is the only company to land on mars for years, can they lay claim to the land? by --Lavish--

English is my first, and only language. I speak a miniscule amount of German, but not enough to claim it. Even less French, Spanish and Italian.

But I enjoy words. I have a bit of a natural ear for etymology... I've been accused of being a wordsmith, but I'm really just a dumb redneck.

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lamina1211 t1_j25uuis wrote

Reply to If SpaceX is the only company to land on mars for years, can they lay claim to the land? by --Lavish--

Might seems to make right here. Laws back home on terra don't mean much if they can't enforce them on the red planet, right?

I suppose sanctions can be had back on terra, but this seems very likely to be settled by common law concepts like dominion and possession.

Basically, I almost guarantee it's going to end up as, you go there, and whatever is under your control, being defined by what you've managed to improve upon (infrastructure) is yours.

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