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Originally Posted by Zeno
U.S. Set to Approve Moon Mission by Commercial Space Venture:
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We should have been doing this years ago. One more step closer to Zeno's Bar and Grill on the Moon.
This is a very dangerous path that can lead to solar system war easily. If we allow private enterprises to colonize the solar system then all hell breaks loose as the future value of eg Mars or even an asteroid is insanely amazing and cannot be claimed by any individual or country or we will allow capitalism to f*ck up everything in the future beyond earth and of course there will be fighting for who gets what at some point.
It is as if we are ok with whoever has enough money right now deciding the future of the solar system.
The space must always belong to all countries or a future unified planet. The moment we allow countries or individuals to start claiming territories we will have created a new era of wars outside earth.
I personally will never recognize any individual owning any real estate outside earth unless we all together come to some agreement that we open the system and whoever gets there and settle it can claim it for themselves and we are all fine with it being that way.
My point being the US or China or Russia or whoever do not own the moon and the other bodies. And they have no right allowing anyone to do things there without the consent of the rest of the planet. Whoever is doing things there ought to be doing it on behalf of mankind or its open season and every country has any right to declare war to another outside earth for a location.
If we suddenly decide whoever gets there first claims it then we will have an instant space race that will dominate all activities quickly and which in a way is great but it will come with conflicts always.
These things and how we will approach the issue of ownership need to be internationally decided and signed in order for them to have a legal and ethical foundation.
I do not recognize the ethical right of a rich individual to claim an entire planet for example just because they can get there since their wealth is a direct product of the exploitation of the rest of society in a way. We have f*cked up one planet but to f*ck up the entire system is beyond insane before we are united in some sense.