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Re:Weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites by jandrese on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @05:45PM (#34154874)
Kind of a joke, but honestly there's not much someone on Earth could do to enforce their will on Mars. In practical terms they are on their own regardless.
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Re:Weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites by dogma1138 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:32PM (#34155391)
Yes there is just like it’s done on earth at the point of a gun, all laws are enforced at the end of the day by gunpoint.
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Re:Weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites by ragebol on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @04:24PM (#34166180)
Except that it takes about 6 months for a gun from Earth to get to Mars. It's hard governing a place you can't easily reach.

And if a Mars colony really is self sustaining, stopping supply runs also doesn't do as much as you'd maybe like. Sending a gun(ship) might also be prohibitively expensive.

There's probably a lot of fiction written about exactly this topic. Maybe the Martians could buy their independence with Epstein drives.

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Re:Weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites by maxerickson on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:52PM (#34155567)
It's likely enough that the Mars end of the service would enjoy being able to communicate with the ground stations on Earth.
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