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SPACE COLONIZATION Mukesh C Bhatt

Session 3. Space Law: International, trans-national and extra-terrestrial perspectives School of Law, Birkbeck College presented 18 January 2016

Overview

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Birkbeck School of Law 2015-16 Space Law: International, transnational and extraterrestrial perspectives Session 3 – Space Colonisation: 18th January 2016

OVERVIEW

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Introduction

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Context

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Digression

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Definitions

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Space Habitats

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Migration and international law

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Sovereignty and territoriality

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Outer Space and emigration

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Property and ownership

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Governance

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Commerce and Trade

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Requisites

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OVERVIEW 2

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Issues and perspectives regarding human migration into space

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Resources

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Terrestrial analogues

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Context

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HISTORICAL CONTEXT

1.  Legacy  issues   a.  Transfer  of  con2licts   i.  Cold  war  and  nuclear  deterrence  

b.   colonialism  

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WHY MIGRATE

1.  Space  law  is  about  survival  in  the  face  of  nuclear  

threats  

2.  Migration  is  about   a.  Survival   b.  Lebensraum   c.  Economics  and  resources   d.  Curiosity  and  exploration   e.  Refuge  and  2light  

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Definitions

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“COLONY” OR “DIASPORA”

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Colony, [late Middle English] •  • 

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settlement of retired soldiers, as garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire [Latin] colonia ‘settlement, farm’, from colonus ‘settler, farmer’, from colere ‘cultivate’.

Diaspora [Greek] “scattering of seed” •  •  • 

Greek colonies in antiquity Jewish populations after the exodus from Egypt Global dissemination (!) of original populations in other countries

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COLONY

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A colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. •  •  •  • 

distinct from the home territory of the sovereign no independent international representation, direct control of the metropolitan state in European antiquity, from inception given separate statehood, or remained dependent territories The Metropolitan state (Metropolis) •  • 

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state that owns the colony (“mother country” as viewed by colonists) United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.

informal colony • 

de facto control of another state (contentious)

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ISS & THE MARTIAN

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Agriculture and cultivation

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Mark Watney • 

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Uni of Illinois

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Lettuce and other plants for consumption

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HUMAN DIFFUSIVE MIGRATION

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Diffusive; Intentional; Hundreds of millennia

1.  Settler  Colonialism:  or  possession  and  occupation  

by  steady  diffusive  migration   a.  Brahmins/Indo-­‐Aryans   b.  Russians  in  Siberia   c.  US  extension  of  jurisdiction  through  the   Homestead  Act   a.  compare  Gingrich  and  the  2015  Space  Act  

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Migration and international law

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UNDHR

UN Declaration of Human Rights 13.2 EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LEAVE ANY COUNTRY, INCLUDING HIS OWN, AND TO RETURN

ONLY TO HIS COUNTRY

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UNITED NATIONS UNDHR

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UNDHR •  • 

No freedom of entry to another country Return to own country Belonging •  Identity •  “sovereign” • 

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Limits to emigration • 

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Does not allow “colonies” or “diaspora”

Does not allow emigration to establish colony under a national flag

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UNDHR AND MIGRATION

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NATIONAL EMIGRATION

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Do  national  legislations  allow  emigration,   particularly  into  space?  

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Legislation covering emigration •  •  • 

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India UK &c.

National Space legislation • 

Not aware of any specific provisions regarding emigration into space

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THE RIGHT TO EMIGRATE

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Caste system (Hindus) • 

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China/Japan • 

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Political and cultural prohibition on sea travel

Arabia (Islam) • 

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Sea-travel prohibition; loss of caste status

“kalapani” [black waters – specifically the Atlantic]

Disagreement with rulers; tyranny; rebellion •  • 

Religion (Protestant “flight”) Hindu (various circumstances)

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UNESCO ON CULTURE

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UN Declaration on Culture

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Ideologies and religions can be exported

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Cultural Recidivism

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Export solutions

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Export problems • 

conflicts

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OTHERS

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Other  organizations  on  migration,  space  and  res   communis?   • 

[I  have  not  YET  found  any  direct  or  indirect   references  in  the  documentation]  

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ELYSIUM 2013 (IMAGE)

Elysium November 2013

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Outer Space and emigration

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THE OSTS ALLOW

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OST 67 – no sovereign national (appropriation) allowed

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Moon 79 – only installations, no settlements?

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Registration 72 & Liability 75 – residual sovereignty • 

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Relates to OST 67 – contradiction?

Rescue 68 – excludes intentional entry

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OST AND MIGRATION

o  OST  67  is  a  value  document,  not  a  legal  document   o  Statement  of  principles,  not  of  law   o  No  mention  of  long-­‐duration  space2light  or  

emigration  

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UN, OST AND MIGRATION

o  return  to  Earth  (and  country  of  origin)   o 

including  Return  &  rescue  agreement  which   requires  immigration  and  customs  

o  intentional  and  unintentional  entry   o 

Accident  as  opposed  to  entry  for  the  purposes  of   immigration,  tourism  and  business  and  to   espionage  and  invasion  

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WHO MIGRATES

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Will  migration  into  space  be  

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a  co-­‐operative  effort  

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open  to  all  

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restricted  to  nationals  of  sovereign/participating/ space-­‐faring  nations  

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?  

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Requisites

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HABITABILITY

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The Anthropic Principle • 

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Uninhabited •  • 

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Goldi and Snow: the genome No possibility « ever » of life Possible later development of life

Inhabited •  •  • 

Early stages of life Later stages of life Intelligent life [Cockell]

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REQUISITES FOR SETTLEMENT

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Essentials • 

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Utilities • 

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Diaspora governance and organizations; extra-territoriality

Trade •  •  • 

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Power, communication

Emigration and return to Earth • 

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Air, food, water, shelter

With Earth (essentials and resources) Inter-planetary trade Interstellar commerce

Inter-settlement and Earth relations; diplomacy and negotation

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CONSEQUENCES OF COLONISATION

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Digression

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CELESTIAL BODIES

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(Universes)

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Galactic clusters

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Galaxies

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Stars

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Planets

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Dwarf planets

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Asteroids

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How large/small – is particulate matter a celestial body?

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CELESTIAL BODIES

1.  When  a  celestial  body  is  occupied  in  part  or  the  

whole:   a.  Is  a  celestial  body  part  of  outer  space?   b.  What  about  the  “new”  air  space  and  outer  space,   and  body  delimitations  –  these  will  differ   because  of  differing  physical  conditions   c.  The  Oort  cloud  extends  towards  and  is  possibly   shared  by  the  nearby  alpha-­‐Centauri  

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CELESTIAL BODIES

1.  LaGrange  points,  celestial  bodies  etc.  are  only  

notional  and  conceptual  points  and  bodies   a.  They  are  not  static,  but  in  constant  motion,  with   dynamic  boundaries  that  also  change   b.  “Sovereign  nation”  is  a  static  term  (state  –  stable,   standing  in  one  place)  

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Space Habitats

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TYPES OF SPACE SETTLEMENTS

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Artificial Habitats

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Planetary settlements

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Research Stations

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World ships (multi-generational)

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Commercial vessels (nomadic)

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Mining settlements (transient)

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MOSTLY ARTIFICIAL HABITATS

1.  Placement   a.  Planetary  Settlements   b.  LaGrange  points   a.  What  is  a  LaGrange  point   b.  Observational platforms L1 & L2  

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Lagrange points L4 & L5 O’Neill colonies

a.  Orbital   a.  LEO, NEO, Geo b.  Space  Stations   c.  Weapons placements

b.  World  ships  and  Arcologies   • 

Strategic positions

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Sovereignty and territoriality

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BASIS OF SOVEREIGN APPROPRIATION

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On  what  basis  is  there  no  sovereign  national   appropriation  

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TERRITORIAL CLAIMS

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possession • 

Terra/res nullius, communis Common Heritage of mankind •  occupation • 

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Settlement Gift • 

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award

Conquest Extra-territorial jurisdiction extended

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TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY

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Claim (unsubstantiated or otherwise)

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Ownership

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Property

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Use

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Extension of airspace into outer space •  •  •  •  •  • 

Unreal Infinite Depends on rotational position and that relative to the sun Therefore no sovereignty in space Residual sovereignty International airspace above international waters?

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ESTABLISHING SOVEREIGNTY

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Dissension

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Forced conquest or separation

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Secession

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“stateless establishment”

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Independence from inception

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“Unilateral Declaration of Independence” • 

Bhatt 2015, 2016

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ESTABLISHING COLONIES

1.  Settlements:  Legal  frameworks  for  establishment   a.  Charter   b.  Settler  colonialism  (Homesteading)   c.  Diffusive  migration  

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EXTENDING SOVEREIGNTY

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US National Park on the Moon

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US National Parks in the Pacific

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Declaration of National Parks in International Waters

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China and the Spratly Islands • 

Artificial extension of territory

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DURATION OF SOVEREIGNTY

1.  How  long  does  sovereignty  last?   a.  Treaties  are  inherited  upon  change  of  government,  and  of  

secession   b.  Treaties  can  be  abrogated  by  legislative  decision  

2.  Situations  are   a.  Change  of  government   b.  Changes  in  extent  of  territory   c.  New  country  contains  old  and  absorbed  territory   d.  Secession  where  the  original  country  is  reduced  in  territory   a.  Is  new  country  the  same  as  the  original  country   a.  Compare  Indonesia  which  smaller  but  continues,  East  Timor  which  is  new,   or  Sudan  and  South  Sudan   b.  But  Yugoslavia  or  USSR  does  not,  splits  into  new,  successor  states  

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EXTENDING JURISDICTION

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Airspace over International waters • 

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Extent •  • 

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No sovereign delimitation possible

upwards lateral

Jurisdiction

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DELIMITATION AND TECHNOLOGY

1.  Von  Kármán  limit:  50s  (250,000  ft  –  50  miles  –  80  

km)  now  2010s  (330,000  ft  –  62.5  miles  –  100  km)   a.  Jets  stop  working   b.  Note  330,000  ft  is  9-­‐10  times  aircraft  cruising   altitude   c.  US/Virgin  Galactic   d.  As  discussed  under  national  legislation  

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DELIMITATION

1.  Delimitation   a.  orbits  are  generally  not  circular,  but  elliptical,  and  

also  subject  to  positional  correction   b.  note  also  corrections  to  satellite  orbits  affect   telecoms,  time  corrections,  GPS  and  boundary   (borders)  coordinates  etc   c.  Is  the  “object”  sovereign  territory,  or  the  (variable)   region  of  space  that  it  occupies  or  traverses?   d.  Suggestion:  sovereignty  is  not  appropriate  here  as  it   may  not  necessarily  refer  to  cold  war  and  military   politics   e.  Galaxies   f.  Continental  shelf  

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EQUIVALENCE & CONFLATION

Is this acceptable?

Sovereignty

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Jurisdiction

DELIMITATION AND JURISDICTION

1.  Just  because  a  nation-­‐state  says  or  agrees  that  air  space  

stops  at  cis-­‐x  km,  and  outer  space  begins  at  trans-­‐x,  with   “x”  being  the  transition  or  liminal/notional  boundary,   does  not  mean  the  nation-­‐state  has  no  sovereign   jurisdiction  on  trans-­‐x,  equivalent  to  jurisdiction  on  cis-­‐x   a.  There  is  no  sovereign-­‐national  appropriation  in  outer   space  (trans-­‐x),  but  there  is  jurisdiction,  which   implies  sovereign  jurisdiction,  deriving  from  the   liability,  registration  conventions,  and  consequent   residual  sovereignty   b.  =>  (extra-­‐territoriality)!  

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RESIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY

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OST 67; Moon 79 •  • 

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Retain sovereign jurisdiction in outer space Limited on celestial bodies)

Return and Rescue • 

Astronauts and objects retain sovereign ownership

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Liability; Registration – retain sovereign jurisdiction

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Residual Sovereignty – mobile and immobile objects • 

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Space platforms

Maritime law •  • 

Salvage Territorial and international waters

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SOVEREIGNTY AND FEDERALISM

1.  No  national  sovereign  appropriation  refers  to  

nation-­‐states  

a.  not  to  regional,  non-­‐sovereign  entities  (EU),  or  to  

sub-­‐states  (Texas,  Kerala)  in  a  federal  system   b.  Perhaps  not  even  to  supra-­‐national  entities   c.  Principle  of  subsidiarity  in  a  vertical,  upwards  

sense  opposed  to  downwards  or  horizontal   version  

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THE EQUATOR & SOVEREIGNTY

1.  Bogota  –  Moon  is  property  of  equatorial  nations   a.  Sovereignty  extended  to  moon   a.  Traverses  narrow  band  of  eight  nations  in  sky   b.  Geostationary  orbits  consequent  to  Earth’s  gravity  

b.  Implies  this  is  not  equivalent  to  delimitation  

between  air  and  outer  space   c.  Full,  not  residual,  sovereignty  

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ARTIFICIAL MARITIME HABITATS

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Oil Rigs •  • 

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In territorial waters (3, 12, 200, 300 miles) In international waters

Ships •  •  •  • 

Registered to national sovereign flag Independent in international waters Subject to jurisdiction of nation-state harbour Not sovereign in own right – can be boarded

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ISLANDS AND ROCKS

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Habitable

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Uninhabitable

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Territorial waters

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International waters

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Artificial habitats (islands) in territorial waters

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Artificial habitats in international waters

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ANTARCTIC ANALOGUE

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7 country claim not recognised

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Several “stations”

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No agreement on jurisdiction • 

Legal jurisdiction limited to nationality of research station or individual

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Not sovereign

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Compare Svalbard (declared international by and under Norwegian sovereignty and jurisdiction)

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FUNCTIONS OF SETTLEMENT

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National

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Multi-national

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Commercial

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Diplomatic

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Scientific

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Military

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Property and ownership

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RES COMMUNIS

1.  Outer  Space  as  res  communis   a.  Common  Heritage  of  Mankind  principle   a.  (Hyman  1961,  Magna  Carta  of  Space,  Bogota)  

b.  Not  res  (terra)  nullius,  which  would  allow  

appropriation  under  international  law  (Grotius  and   others).   c.  OST  excludes  sovereign  appropriation,  but  does  

not  exclude  possession  or  ownership   a.  subject  to  interpretation  

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POP ON WHO OWNS THE MOON? (I)

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Extraterrestrial real estate claims – trivial

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Norms & rules limited; basic concepts not defined – celestial body

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Territorial extensions, floating movable goods & legal analogies • 

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Some extraterrestrial resources are not celestial bodies

Appropriation outside sovereignty – sovereign-derived support unlawful although required for survival

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POP ON WHO OWNS THE MOON? (II)

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Res Communis (commons – belonging to everybody and nobody)

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Res Publica (Public Trust doctrine) • 

Common Heritage of Mankind – Moon Agreement • 

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Frontier paradigm – property rights as engine of development • 

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Egalitarian, Marxist, “failed on Earth” Privatization - individualism, competition, ecnomic liberty, efficiency and laissez-faire economics

Movable goods – extra-terrestrial material as permissible sample or commercial commodity

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FUNDAMENTAL  ASSUMPTIONS  ON   PROPERTY

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Fundamental  assumptions,  but  compare  India,   where  the  zamindar  was  created  from  users  of   land  or  revenue  from  land  and  became  a  “property   owner”  in  the  British  sense  

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WHO OWNS THE EARTH?

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No-one (?) •  • 

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Sovereign territorial demarcated claimed territory • 

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Separable jurisdictions

In common • 

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No jurisdiction; humanity; animals; etc Abrahamic vs. non-Abrahamic religions

? jurisdiction

The right to assign: •  • 

Ownership Property rights

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LAND APPROPRIATION

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Enclosures (17-18th C.) – UK and Ireland

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Zamindars (late 18th C.) - British India

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Homesteading Act (1841?) - USA

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MABO and aboriginal lands (1879 &1989) – Australia •  • 

“native” common law title rejects (Australia as) terra nullius

nota bene: British (common-law) -derived jurisdictions above

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PRIVATE VIEWS

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IAU – naming of stars, not selling

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Nemitz and the 433 EROS asteroid •  • 

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The Lunar Embassy in China • 

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NASA charged rent (2001 onwards, disallowed Nevada 2007) (thrown out, 2006) – jail sentence

Moon Estates explanation of Space law and property rights •  • 

Also known as MoonLife Ltd, and Lunar Embassy Incoherent, conspiracy-based and (IMO) incorrect

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EXPLOITING OUTER SPACE

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Mineral Resources

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Energy • 

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stellar, (geo)thermal, &c.)

other

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OWNERSHIP AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

1.  Volume  of  land:   a.  ownership  of  land   i.  owner  has  ownership  of  property   ii.  owner  has  rights  over  property   iii. property  is  inclusive  (contains  everything)   iv.  owner  can  assign  or  sell  rights  to  property.  

b.  Are  rights  separable  from  tangible  property?   i.  Assigned  rights  allow  mining   ii.  Mining  allows  separation  of  portion  of  land  (soil,  ore)  from  

original  volume   iii. Is  separated  portion  owned  by  the  original  owner?   iv.  “miner”  has  rights  as  assigned  above  over  extracted  portion   v.  Does  miner  now  become  the  owner  of  the  separated  portion?  

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MINING AND OWNERSHIP

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Property

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Land is owned

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Right to extract portion/resource

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Who owns extracted portion?

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How far down? •  • 

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Fracking in UK (300 m) Sea-level (tides) or land-level (not level at all)

How far laterally • 

Boundary at perpendicular to tangent at surface

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THE UNITED STATES • 

Gingrich  1981  versus  the  Space  Act  2015  

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Extends  jurisdiction  (Gingrich)  

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Property  and  rights  awarded  by  both   be entitled to any asteroid resource or space resource obtained, including •  “shall to posse ss, own, transport, use and sell the asteroid resource or space resource obtained in accordance with applicable law, including the international obligations of the [US]”

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International  Institute  for  Space  Law   •  “in view of the absence of a clear prohibition of the taking of resources in the

Outer Space Treaty one can conclude that the use of space resources is permitted. Viewed from this perspective, the new United States Act is a possible interpretation of the Outer Space Treaty. Whether and to what extent this interpretation is shared by other States remains to be seen.”  

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US SPACE ACT 2015 AND THE IISL

1.  US  Space  Act  2015  and  IISL:  no  con2lict   a.  Many  people,  including  lawyers,  who  have  been,  

or  are,  mistaken  in  interpreting  the  OSTs  now   and  over  the  decades   b.  the  US  Space  Act  is  being  misinterpreted   c.  Is  the  IISL  biased,  and  what  does  this  say  about  a   possible  future  global  “space  legal  authority”?   d.  Is  the  rest  of  the  world  anti-­‐US  space  policy?  

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EXAMPLE: THE SPRATLY ISLANDS

1.  China  and  the  Spratly  Islands   a.  BBC  News24  14/12/2015  midnight  “mischief  reef”   b.  If  China  builds  an  arti2icial  island  or  extension  to  a  reef  or  

island  (Spratly)  in  order  to  “protect  the  reef”  –  note  12  mile   limit  to  no-­‐2ly  zone   c.  about  40%  of  world  trade  passes  through  the  strait  below  the   Spratlies  in  the  South  China  Sea   d.  Resolution  through  UN  Council  on  the  Law  of  the  Sea  –   International  Arbitration  Board   e.  Only  US/China  –  local  problem,  but  Australia  is  getting   involved  

2.  Compare  the  US  Space  Act  2015   1.  Can  X  build  a  space  station  to  protect  the  asteroid,  celestial  body,  etc?  

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EXAMPLE: MOBILE PROPERTY

1.  Consider  a  chunk  of  glacier  or  cliff  that  falls  off,  and  remains  3,  12,  200  or  

300  miles  within  territorial  or  economic  jurisdictional  zones,  or  above  a   continental  shelf,  the  enters  international  waters  further  than  300  miles,   but  remains  above  a  continental  shelf,  then  leaves  the  continental  shelf,   or  crosses  the  border,  and  eventually  enters  (inverse  order),  the  300,   200,  12  and  3  miles  limits  of  an  “opposing”  nation-­‐state/   a.  To  whom  does  the  chunk  belong?  

2.  The  Moon  is  a  chunk  knocked  off  the  Earth   a.  Is  the  Moon  part  of  the  “country  which  now  exists”  in  the  place  or   section  from  where  it  was  impacted   b.  c. 

How  far  back  in  time  does  sovereignty  extend?   Compare  land  claims  in  various  ex-­‐colonial  jurisdictions  

3.  Martian  meteorite  lands  in  Antarctica,  international  waters  or  Canada  

–  whose  property?  

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Treaty basics

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TREATY CHANGE

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Principle  of  international  law  

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rebus  sic  stantibus  

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Treaty  is  no  longer  valid  or  acceptable  given  that   circumstances  have  changed   (Robinson 2006)

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Governance

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TYPES OF COLONY: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES

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Sovereignty

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Suzerainty

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Paramount power

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Subsidiarity

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Protectorate

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Colony

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MODELS OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

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Communitarian (kibbutz analogues)

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Self-organizing (aggregates)

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Ideological

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Socialist Libertarian Liberal Fascist

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&c.

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BASIC IDEOLOGY

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Different Folks;

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Different Strokes: but always Liberty, Wealth, Happiness, Law/Structure • 

4 examples of space habitats • 

Selective misrepresentation

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RULE OF LAW: LIBRA

Space Habitats and Facilities • 

Libertarian, privately-funded, self-governing manifesto « Let’s face it. Your world is falling apart. Politicians engaging nations in wars against the will of the people. Increasing worldwide poverty and starvation. Inflation, high unemployment, staggering crime rates, sky-rocketing costs of nationalised health care, overpopulation, inability to meet your energy needs, bankrupt cities, bankrupt states, bankrupt nations, and morally bankrupt people.»

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LIBERTY: GINGRICH

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National Space and Aeronautics Policy Act of 1981 •  • 

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died, referred to House committee Sponsor: Gingrich, Newt

Title IV: Government of Space Territories •  • 

constitutional protections the right to self- government •  admission to statehood •  extension of jurisdiction

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WEALTH: MINERVA ON AURORA

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Republic on starship (with several nations)

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Objectivist (Ayn Rand)

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Libertarian free-market (protection of all personal rights)

« Constitution … to enable the effective governing of widely scattered land areas and islands. … ties to the centr[e] are … strong, with […minimal…] interference » Regulatory and authoritarian

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Equal rights statement

No personal responsibilities

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Focus on trade relations

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HAPPINESS: THARSIS MONTES

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Tharsis Montes Commonwealth is a sovereign governmental unit … serving as trustee … for the Luna, Tharsis, and Vesta Industrial Development Corporation Constitutive

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Procedural Civil Rights

Communal responsibility (hostile environment) • 

Focus on diplomatic relations

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ROBINSON CONSTITUTION

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Robinson 80s workshops

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Inimicality (protection in hostile environments)

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Return to Earth

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Cultural recidivism

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Extension of jurisdiction under US law

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Access to essential resources

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Free communication

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Other rights as on Earth

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DISSENSION AND SECESSION

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Possible modes of avoiding the no sovereign national appropriation clause •  •  • 

Statelessness Unilateral declaration of independence Revolution All require removal of allegiance to a superior sovereign jurisdiction or authority Bhatt 2015, 2016

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Commerce and Trade

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TRADE

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What settlements and habitats can trade

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Trading partners

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Regulation of trade and finance

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Economic models

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Language uniformity

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Cultural requirements?

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INTRA-SYSTEM COMMERCE

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Intra-system •  • 

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Between planets, settlements, moons, etc Resources

Import and export of essentials • 

Air, water, food and so on

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FEUDAL SPACE

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Necessary for Earth and its economy •  •  • 

Space industrialization Physical diversification (extinction avoidance) Innate exploratory curiosity

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Biosphere degrades faster than space economy develops

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Solutions •  • 

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Implement feudal processes for space Separate space economy from that of Earth

Protects biosphere, enables space development (Kennedy 2016)

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INTERSTELLAR TRADE

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Interest charges on goods in transit near the speed of light • 

Time dilation (special relativity)

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Calculate using common inertial frame, not spacecraft frame of reference

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Competition equalises interest rates on planets in the same inertial frame (Klugman 1978/2010) – Nobel Laureate in Economics: not for this paper

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Terrestrial Analogues

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COLONISATION ROADMAPS

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e.g. Rockwell Int’l Integrated Space Plan (1980s)

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Similar to the European Voyages from 1400 onwards

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1492 AND ALL THAT: VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY

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Distribution by Pope

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European-derived Maritime Law & Sovereignty

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« International » Law

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Local sovereignty

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WE COME IN PEACE: VOYAGES OF TRADE

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Commercial Negotiations

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Privateering

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Charter companies

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YOURS, NOT OURS, BUT MINE: VOYAGES OF COLONISATION

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Land Alienation

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Land Acquisition

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Pioneering Settlements

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SHOOT TO KILL: VOYAGES OF IMPERIALISM

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Imposition

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Governance

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Assimilation

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CONCLUSION

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Work in Progress

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