What If? ROB gave us the technology to explore, terraform and/or colonize the Solar System?

[CarlManvers2019]

This includes the technology to build machinery that can withstand being even on the sun, being on an ice planet, being underneath the crushing ocean depths and other deadly areas

As well as the tech to make use of whatever resources can be found, including solar energy and whatever minerals are around

Even be able to do arcologies so as to make your own food & oxygen

What do world governments do when presumably most people choose to stay on earth but others don't? The tech is understandable enough that you can build it out of scrap

Can you tax former citizens when they go live on Mars?

 

[Lanmandragon]

Age of exploration 2 electric boogaloo. This time in SPACEEEE basically.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

Age of exploration 2 electric boogaloo. This time in SPACEEEE basically.

we use said technology to wipe ourselves out of existence.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Age of exploration 2 electric boogaloo. This time in SPACEEEE basically.

we use said technology to wipe ourselves out of existence.

The UN is upset that people are refusing to join/start the United Federation of Planets, they then proceed to do whatever they can to take over all those "colonies" either through threats, bribes or coercion

Odds are they'll get a foothold with certain businessmen and politicians on said "colonies" but a good portion who remember Earth may dislike extended association

That cannot stand, they will learn the Federation's peaceful ways with force

Begin the INVASIO-I MEANT THE LIBERATION!!! WE WILL LIBERATE ALL THOSE COLONIES FROM THE HORRIBLE FASCISTS THAT OWN THEM! ALL HAIL MOTHER GAIA!!!

Speaking of which, they'll probably also add extra taxes and regulations to prevent "global warming" even on Mars

 

[CarlManvers2019]

I think fundamentally the problem with our world is that it is too small.

Humanity at some level needs a frontier, new horizons to settle and create new places to live, and that If we don't have them the manic souls in humanity start eating and devouring every one else. We need to leave this rock and start setting up oniel cylidners start creating new communities new societies new countries in mass.

At least that's the long term solution.

Bit of a question, I think this has been explored in some pieces of fiction before

But if we leave for the stars, could “balkanization”
be inevitable if not desired?

Mass migrations to “empty” places can act as a sort of “pressure valve” for dissident

Or would it be easily dominated by rich megacorps building faster and stronger

 

[Cherico]

Bit of a question, I think this has been explored in some pieces of fiction before

But if we leave for the stars, could “balkanization”
be inevitable if not desired?

Mass migrations to “empty” places can act as a sort of “pressure valve” for dissident

Or would it be easily dominated by rich megacorps building faster and stronger

Balkanization in space will be envitable based on the environment of what's settled. Astroid belt for example? That's a natural environment for city states because you can move your asteroid further away and in many cases their already further away from each other then countries on earth.

Mars, the moons of jupiters things like that might be different. Some of the new territories would be dominated by rich mega coperations but space is so freaking big that once you get the infostructor and technology in place its pretty easy to move elsewhere.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Balkanization in space will be envitable based on the environment of what's settled. Astroid belt for example? That's a natural environment for city states because you can move your asteroid further away and in many cases their already further away from each other then countries on earth.

Mars, the moons of jupiters things like that might be different. Some of the new territories would be dominated by rich mega coperations but space is so freaking big that once you get the infostructor and technology in place its pretty easy to move elsewhere.

What are the chances for a plot like some of those libertarians-in-space series'?

The more heavily populated Earth or Solar System trying to exert its control over its "colonies"?

Actually, would they even have legal power over said "colonies" if some were made by people on their own and just wanting to get away from the rest of Earth?

 

[Sailor.X]

we use said technology to wipe ourselves out of existence.

Facepalm. Not gonna happen. We have had Nukes for over 70 years and only 2 count them 2 Nuclear weapons have been used in warfare. Humanity is many things but collectively suicidal is not one of them.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

Facepalm. Not gonna happen. We have had Nukes for over 70 years and only 2 count them 2 Nuclear weapons have been used in warfare. Humanity is many things but collectively suicidal is not one of them.

we aren't star trek either.

 

[Sailor.X]

we aren't star trek either.

Indeed we have not engaged in a massive Nuclear war like Star Trek Earth did.

 

[Duke Nukem]

a nation located in the asteroid belt with Ceres as its capital would be cool.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

a nation located in the asteroid belt with Ceres as its capital would be cool.

Why not the nation be in Ceres itself? Or you mean its capital city is in its Asteroid Belt?

 

[Duke Nukem]

Why not the nation be in Ceres itself? Or you mean its capital city is in its Asteroid Belt?

A brainfart i had there. i remembered that ceres is large enough to be it's own nation

 

[Sailor.X]

a nation located in the asteroid belt with Ceres as its capital would be cool.

Why not the nation be in Ceres itself? Or you mean its capital city is in its Asteroid Belt?

A brainfart i had there. i remembered that ceres is large enough to be it's own nation

Bah you can have Ceres and being close to Jupiter's Radiation field.

I will take Eris. Eris (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia

I will be chilling in the Outer Solar System harvesting the Kuiber Belt.