>>13913034Because nobody gives a shit about the dirt on Mars, and nobody cares if you try to live there.
Meanwhile, if you tried to terraform the Australian interior, you would be "destroying aboriginal heritage" and also under the jurisdiction of the Australian state, who would exert sovereignty over you and/or your territory.
This has already happened by the way. Some lolbertarian made an artificial island for his randian dystopia, only to get invaded by Tonga and lose the territory.