| Popis: |
The importance of ensuring that the Rule of Law becomes one of the first imports we bring onto the Red Planet cannot be understated. The first people on Mars will arrive on a commercial rocket, and the first settlement there will likely be funded by corporations, not governments. These private entities, though exempt from Rule of Law principles on Earth, will become the de facto authority on Mars, and they will have significant power over any colonists there. With such an enormous potential for tyranny, we should insist that corporate governors be obliged to uphold the same duties and obligations owed by national governments here on Earth, in the interest of improving the odds of success of the mission, preserving and protecting the individual rights and dignities of humanity’s first ambassadors to Mars, and ensuring that our first steps out into a wider universe are guided by the very best of our legal traditions. |
