5.0 Solutions

Humans are creatures of Earth, and for the most part we roam in open spaces and enjoy the rewards of our labors. We harvest our food from land, sea and air and build great cities to house our families and provide places to work. We have rule of law and a means of dispensing and receiving justice.

 The ways in which our societies would function elsewhere would by necessity be quite different than those on Earth. Loosing our freedom to roam, and to harvest the natural resources and food would be greatly hampered. The numbers of people required to maintain our current societal expectations and functions elsewhere are prohibitive to colonial development. Hostile environments further hamper resource extraction and business must operate differently to remain profitable.

 The ISS (International Space Station) is a small colony within a taxi ride of Earth and is easily governed and resupplied from Earth. A lunar or planetary colony would not enjoy such luxuries and the mechanisms required to thrive in these remote places are described in this paper.

 To build this society elsewhere there is need of a fundamental change in the way we govern ourselves, the way in which we conduct business and more importantly, the way in which our human nature interacts with our environment.

 For the sake of simplicity this plan will refer to Mars as the destination though it will also work on a Lunar or other planetary body. The image below is a visualization of the plan design.

This basic layout addresses the three aspects of colonial society. To the left is law and governance, the center represents business, and to the right are the technology, finance and development parts of the plan. This list of the acronyms will help you to better understand the model while full explanations of each are contained in other posts.

CAL Colonial Administrative Law (Colony based Planetary law)
DCO Director of Colonial Operations (planetary based)
EDCO Earth Director of Colonial Operations (Earth Based)
EPC        Earth Planetary Companies (Earth companies doing business in or for the colonies)
ESG Earth Side Building (1 of three aspects  of the training and testing facility)
ESN Earth Sovereign Nation (Colonial representation on Earth - as a country or embassy)
HC         Holdeck Consortium (Financial investors supporting Earth planet side functions)
IPFL Interplanetary Flight Law ( Governs in flight transit to colonies)
IPFO Interplanetary Flight Operations ( Flight control operations - space port operations)
MBL Mars Business Law - (Defines standards for business operations and contracts etc)
MCE Mars Colony Earth -  (Earth based colonial operations from training to embassy functions)
MCM Mars Colony Mars - (The off-world colony - in this case, Mars)
MCS Mars Colonial Security - (Colonial administrative functions incl. all forms of security)
MCU Mars Colonial University - (Earth based training facility)
MSB Mars Side Building -  (1 of three aspects  of the training and testing facility)
MTF Mars Test Facility -  (1 of three aspects  of the training and testing facility)
SXIPF Interplanetary Flights - (The transportation platforms and companies to reach other planets)

Business concerns (and profits) will obviously be high on the agenda of countries and businesses headed to Mars so for this reason a distinct set of laws and governance would need to be developed in such a manner as to encourage cooperation and adherence within the planned Martian governance strategy.

This plan utilizes a combination of government, business and military administrative models working as one to develop a workable administrative forum with none having more authority than another.

 Developing each aspect of this block diagram before we leave will help to ensure the ability to create a new civilization that will thrive independent of Earth.

The image above represents the business and colonial model of what I believe is necessary to successfully develop interplanetary colonial operations. The explanation of its component parts is described starting in 6.0

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