Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars - Polidicks

[QUOTE=paul simon;51159149]There's no fast food restaurant [I]at all[/I] anywhere near where I live. I'd have to travel like 4 hours with bus to reach the nearest one.[/QUOTE] I hate it. All these local businesses are overpriced and their hours suck. I much prefer a chain. I think privatization of space will be a good thing. They'll run every much better.

[QUOTE=Chonch;51157874]With all of the specialized technology and expertise probably required to operate anything we put on Mars, I would not be surprised if this is the case. [editline]s[/editline] Imagine the kind of wonderful socially-conservative evangelical wasteland of a paradise Mars could become.[/QUOTE]Or given how many people in STEM are borderline libertarians who don't like being told, "no you can't build a still in the hydroponics section," it could turn into Rapture: Space Edition with [del]Andrew Ryan[/del]Elon Musk leading us there. Plus unless there's literally a Martian colonial government then it will be corporate rules and [I]technically[/I] they can't actually arrest and detain anyone for breaking company policy under US law. Making alcohol for personal consumption isn't at all illegal (selling it, however, is illegal without being taxed and so on) so the only thing that would stand in their way would be whoever owned the station saying "well that's not your property so stop it." I don't think they would even do that in the first place because telling people you can't have booze on a lifeless, airless rock cramped in a tin can that smells like farts and broken dreams is [B]a very bad fucking idea.[/B]

[QUOTE=proboardslol;51157580]You joke but there's not a McDonald's nearby my campus and it sucks. I can't imagine being a billion miles away. Suicide may be a preferable alternative[/QUOTE] 33.9 million miles, actually. A little more tolerable, perhaps.

Oh and before you claim, "oh but JJF there is no guns on Mars, what ever could they do?" I must remind you who you're talking about. [I]They're on another fucking planet[/I] so I think they can figure out a pepperbox pistol or at least a pipe gun. Telling frustrated, highly skilled, highly motivated people they can't do something because reasons and then trying to force the matter in a cramped environment where you don't have overwhelming power is just asking for a mutiny. Just something to chew on when you think of life on extraterrestrial colonies. [editline]8th October 2016[/editline] your mom is 33.9 million miles actually thanks for brEAKING MY MERGE

I can see a Mars colony operating under company law à la the East India Trading Company, only with less hangings and no natives to treat like shit.

[QUOTE=download;51170118]only with less hangings and no natives to treat like shit.[/QUOTE]Oh ho ho [I]that we know of.[/I] Still hoping for some ackack motherfuckers I can falsetto at like Judas Priest and make their brains explode. If that doesn't work there's always conventional guns and/or my penis of course.

[QUOTE=download;51170118]I can see a Mars colony operating under company law à la the East India Trading Company, only with less hangings and no natives to treat like shit.[/QUOTE] Under the Outer Space Treaty the US would be responsible for SpaceX and ULA. So probably going to follow US law.

[QUOTE=Morgen;51170491]Under the Outer Space Treaty the US would be responsible for SpaceX and ULA. So probably going to follow US law.[/QUOTE] The Outer Space Treaty won't survive colonisation plans. There are simply too many things wrong with it to work with colonists.

[QUOTE=Morgen;51170491]Under the Outer Space Treaty the US would be responsible for SpaceX and ULA. So probably going to follow US law.[/QUOTE] Setting up a Mars colony probably breaks the treaty to begin with. Whoever gets there first, it's going to prompt the UN to draft up a completely new treaty.

I logged in for the first time in months to say that holy shit, this is pretty awesome. I definitely want to see a second space race within my lifetime.

[QUOTE=TCB;51159076]this made me realize, fuck mars you guys can go wild over there, have you seen that place? [t]http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia18614-main_sol3786b_l257atc.jpg[/t] [I]such luscious landscapes[/I] [editline]6th October 2016[/editline] i'm picturing expansive industrial areas and city blocks and all sortsa shit like that while earth becomes looked at as the fruity exotic planet[/QUOTE] Mars looks like New Mexico with even less vegetation. :v: That said, it'll have the best scenery you can imagine: There's nothing to block the view.

[QUOTE=TCB;51159076]this made me realize, fuck mars you guys can go wild over there, have you seen that place? [t]http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia18614-main_sol3786b_l257atc.jpg[/t] [I]such luscious landscapes[/I] [editline]6th October 2016[/editline] i'm picturing expansive industrial areas and city blocks and all sortsa shit like that while earth becomes looked at as the fruity exotic planet[/QUOTE] Pretty sure we land in the most featureless places of the planet because they're featureless and easier to land in. I'm sure there's amazing natural structures around the planet that we've yet to see and photograph.