Elon Musk said that he will not allow Earth-based laws on SpaceX's Mars colony. The tech CEO added that Mars is a free planet and will only adopt self-governing principles.
Tesla head Elon Musk talks to one visitor as he arrives to to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin on September 03, 2020 near Gruenheide, Germany. Musk is currently in Germany where he met with vaccine maker CureVac on Tuesday, with which Tesla has a cooperation to build devices for producing RNA vaccines, as well as German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier yesterday.
According to Starlink's beta consumer service terms, SpaceX won't be forced to recognize international law. Since the Mars colonization hasn't started yet, Musk currently uses his space company to send constellations of satellites.
These small spaceships will provide an internet connection for creating an autonomous city on the Red Planet, as reported by the New York Post.
Only @elonmusk would write this shit. From the Starlink terms of service. He’s already laying the legal framework for the Mars colony... pic.twitter.com/GRt1SKwVWJ — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) October 28, 2020
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According to The Daily Mail UK's latest report, a Twitter user under the name "Whole Mars Catalog," posted a screenshot of the terms of service. The account seems to be the first to share Starlink's beta consumer service terms' 9th clause.
Starlink's beta consumer service terms
If you visit the tweet, you can see the statement of SpaceX.
"For Services provided to, on, or in orbit around the planer Earth or the Moon, these Terms and any disputes between us arising out or related to these Terms, including disputes regarding arbitrability ("Disputes") will be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the State of California in the United States," written in the photo.
NASA's Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope took this picture June 26, 2003 of Mars. Mars was approximately 43 million miles (68 million km) from Earth, the closest Mars has ever been to Earth since 1988. Frosty white water ice clouds and swirling orange dust storms above a vivid rusty landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic planet in this sharpest view ever obtained by an Earth-based telescope. Hubble can see details as small as 10 miles (16 km) across.
The text continues, stating that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities. These include the services on Mars and transit to Mars via Starship or other colonization spacecraft.
Musk said that Mars settlers have to be self-sufficient
Previously, Elon Musk said that Mars settlers should be self-sufficient if ever spaceships from Earth stop arriving on the Red Planet. He shared the details of his vision during the Mars Society's annual conference.
He added that the Mars colony will lead to the following; the self-sustaining city will either be created before or after World War 3. Musk also explained that there's a low chance that the city will be built after the speculated WWIII, and he is hoping it the war won't happen.
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