Key Points :
- SpaceX will not acknowledge any international law on Mars and will instead follow a set of “self-governing principles” that will be laid down during the Martian settlement.
- The future colony created by SpaceX would likely use constellations of Starlink satellites orbiting the planet to provide internet connection.
- The Declaration of the Rights and Responsibilities of Humanity in the Universe, however, states that space would be “considered free, by all, for all, and to all.”
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, the tech magnate who has mentioned colonizing Mars several times, now wants to make his own laws on the Earth’s neighboring red planet.According a report in The Independent, SpaceX will not be acknowledge any international law on Mars and will instead follow a set of “self-governing principles” that will be laid down during the Martian settlement.
The Independent report also added that this future colony created by SpaceX would likely use constellations of Starlink satellites orbiting the planet to provide internet connection.Elon Musk’s SpaceX has already launched more than 800 satellites with the vision of providing broadband internet globally.
Elon Musk appears to have very circumspectly slipped in a clause into the terms of agreement of Starlink satellite broadband services that SpaceX will make its own set of rules on Mars.
The Starlink terms of agreement reads: “For services provided on Mars, or in transit to Mars via Starship, or other colonisation spacecraft, the parties recognise Mars as a free planet and that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities.
Accordingly, disputes will be settled through self-governing principles, established in good faith, at the time of Martian settlement.”The Declaration of the Rights and Responsibilities of Humanity in the Universe, however, states that space would be “considered free, by all, for all, and to all.”
