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SpaceX will not recognize international law on Mars

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    SpaceX will not recognize international law on Mars

    “ SpaceX will not recognise international law on Mars, according to the Terms of Service of its Starlink internet project.

    Elon Musk’s space company will instead reportedly adhere to a set of “self-governing principles" that will be defined at the time of Martian settlement.

    Musk revealed plans to create a self-sustaining city on Mars last week, though no timeframe is yet to be put in place for its development.

    Any future colony created by SpaceX would likely use constellations of Starlink satellites orbiting the planet to provide internet connection to people and machines on the surface.”

    Elon Musk’s SpaceX will ‘make its own laws on Mars’ | The Independent


    #2
    He's mad as a box of frog shaped spoons.

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      #3
      No more madder than the world he's leaving behind.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        Seems fair. Interplanetary law seems more appropriate. Btw; High Justice by Jerry Pournelle addresses international law and how it might (not) apply off planet.
        Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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          #5
          'off planet' - I'm just loving the new vocabulary.

          Let's get out there. To the stars!
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #6
            Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
            No more madder than the world he's leaving behind.
            GPWM. More than happy for him to relocate to Mars.

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              #7
              Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
              He's mad as a box of frog shaped spoons.
              He is definitely that. We shared a table with him once in Washington at one of those charity things, he's more mad than a monkey with a chilli up it's bum but also considerably richer. My boss and I kept coming up with proposals he should invest in which didn't work as we were just making them up on the spot (he also ignored us a lot)
              Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                #8
                Apparently he also has a plan to put a fuel depot on Pluto for interstellar trips.
                I'm alright Jack

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                  Apparently he also has a plan to put a fuel depot on Pluto for interstellar trips.
                  Why not Uranus?

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                    #10
                    Why the **** should he?

                    If one goes to the effort of paying to build a space rocket company, and then a ******* colony "international law" should race him to it or fight him for it.

                    The New World wasn't divvied up gracefully.

                    Live and dies by the sword Elon.
                    Last edited by clearedforlanding; 1 November 2020, 16:12.

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