SpaceX on Mars: The First Corporate Planet?

SpaceX is the obvious leader in spaceflight at the moment, and so would be the first to land a proper hub of civilization on Mars. Elon Musk has shown himself to be both an enthusiastic consumer of science fiction media and critical of large government regimes, and he could be aiming to supply the new Martian landscape with a solution to the latter with a basis in the former.

Right now, everything off Earth falls under the same jurisdiction as international waters. No single entity can claim land, take resources, or otherwise take actions [Read More…]

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