>>13484571i dont think taking money from people by force (tax) is in any way justifiable for scientific funding. you could make arguments about some research being critical for defense ('apollo was justified because soviet dominance on the moon and earth orbit would cripple security') but that's a grey area for me (mixing science with military research)
id rather see 100% private scientific research
>>13484572i hope they dont try to start claiming large parts of it for themselves. and generally hope earth governments dont any much more than tiny outposts on mars wheres all the big colonies will be private. if they do try to start claiming shit i hope martians shit on their claim and settle on 'their' territories that they cant enforce.
but thats just what im hoping for, i cant begin to speculate how its gonna be for real
>>13484578>'lets bring useless people arbitrarily telling us what to do and not to do for our new colony'i think that depends, if governments will pour enough money into mars colonies they will be corpo-government mix. if not any corporation would rather operate without governments.
