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SpaceX and other space stuff

#1,086
MJ5150 said:
You know what though, I am going to incorporate the word scrubbed into my vocabulary more often to describe a scheduled event that was cancelled in my life.
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You'll be deep into space nerd territory when you start using "RTLS" when you forgot something back at the house. :laugh:

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ahc said:
Will Elon Musk become the Emperor of Mars (or Ming the Merciless)?

SpaceX wants to impose its 'own legal regime' on Mars for human settlements. A space law expert says that's dubious, but Earth should take it seriously anyway.
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Human Rights are Human Rights, not matter where in the universe that Human may be.

I don't see any reason why entirely new nations / countries wouldn't form, with their own laws, once Mars (or wherever, particularly once we extend our reach beyond this solar system) has a significant, multinational occupation.

In the short, to medium term, colonies / territories will inherit the laws of their home nations, maritime law, international law, interplanetary law, space law, and probably a degree of lawlessness.

Several countries have claims / territories in Antarctica, but the U.S.A. for example, does not recognise any of those international claims.

I think it's inevitable that brand new nations will form, as we leave Earth.

It would be ridiculous to allow Earthbound politics / wars, to spill over onto other planets, particularly when the 3rd generation of inhabitants will have had little, to no first hand experience of / connection with Earth : it will end up with the interplanetary equivalent of the American war of independence.


What I think is potentially dangerous, and I think we collectively need to strive to prevent, is corporations starting their own nations on other planets - that is the stuff of dystopia.
 
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Wood and Wire said:
What I think is potentially dangerous, and I think we collectively need to strive to prevent, is corporations starting their own nations on other planets - that is the stuff of dystopia.
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Why, what could possibly go wrong? :whistle:

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It's funny you bring this up. This morning, as Mrs. Winslow and I were in the mostly-deserted parking lot of a certain giant discount retailer, the loudspeakers crackled to life with one of their generic announcements-to-no-one-in-particular (and in this case, no one much at all). The delay between the speakers on the building, and those farther out on the light poles, was pronounced enough that it immediately reminded me of a scene which I voiced aloud in mock-reply to the recording:

"A new life awaits you, in the off-world colonies..." :smug:

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Winslow said:
Why, what could possibly go wrong? :whistle:

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It's funny you bring this up. This morning, as Mrs. Winslow and I were in the mostly-deserted parking lot of a certain giant discount retailer, the loudspeakers crackled to life with one of their generic announcements-to-no-one-in-particular (and in this case, no one much at all). The delay between the speakers on the building, and those farther out on the light poles, was pronounced enough that it immediately reminded me of a scene which I voiced aloud in mock-reply to the recording:

"A new life awaits you, in the off-world colonies..." :smug:

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"Offworld Kick-Murder Squad" would be a great band name. :D
 
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Oh, and for anyone interested to know what piece of Japanese traditional music was used in that scene, here is Ogi no Mato:



Some background, from an essay by Hope Anderson, The Smiling Geisha and Ogi no Mato: The Significance of Japanese Culture in "Blade Runner":
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Though the filmmakers surely chose Ogi No Mato for esthetic reasons, its origins and meaning provide “Blade Runner” with an added dimension. The lyrics are drawn from the Heike Monogatari [Tale of Heike], a monument of Japanese medieval literature that tells the story of two powerful clans, the Minamoto (also known as Genji) and the Taira (also known as Heike) and the Gempei War, which they fought from 1180-1185

The episode behind Ogi No Mato, which has been wrongly described in English as a “William Tell Story,” involves the Battle of Yashima, which was fought off Taira's island refuge in southern Honshu. The Minamoto samurai Yasu No Yoichi volunteers to shoot an arrow through a small and distant target: the folding fan that the Taira has placed on their ship's mast for luck. Though only fifteen years old, Yasu succeeds in piercing the fan on a single try. This coup deals a crippling psychological blow to the Taira, who lose the Gempei War and are annihilated.
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Be nice to your Replicants, everybody. :angel:

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