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16 Nov 2018 | ||
grouchofractal joined the room. | 20:06:50 | |
26 Nov 2018 | ||
Patrick Donovan | isn't there a word for when you start seeing something everywhere after thinking about that thing? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/how-i-changed-the-law-with-a-github-pull-request/ | 15:40:49 |
6 Dec 2018 | ||
Patrick Donovan | thoughts on the pan-human federation? https://aeon.co/essays/we-urgently-need-a-legal-framework-for-space-colonisation | 02:58:21 |
pete.b | oh my that's a long post | 03:35:03 |
pete.b | welp for anyone reading it, note that the author gets some details about the outer space treaty wrong. but that' not the main point anyway | 03:41:59 |
Patrick Donovan | "long read" indeed | 03:51:33 |
Patrick Donovan | and bummer about the treaty; what'd they miss? | 03:54:54 |
pete.b | i thought the phrase "space can be explored and used only for peaceful purposes" was misleading. the real phrase is "carry out activities... in accordance with international law... in the interest of maintaining international peace." conventional weapons are technically allowed in space, and have been used in space. only weapons of mass destruction are banned. not saying i endorse even conventional weapons though... | 05:44:19 |
pete.b | the author also asks "If NASA were to install a habitat on Mars, would it de facto lay claim to a portion of Mars, merely by physically occupying it?" i'm pretty sure the answer is no, but the author's use of "de facto" clouds the issue | 05:46:13 |
pete.b | idk the author probably thought more about it than me | 05:46:32 |
suzi.bianco | That seems to be the international understanding of land claim on Earth though.... | 05:57:36 |
suzi.bianco | Redacted or Malformed Event | 05:57:56 |
pete.b | maybe i just don't like his writing style. felt like he was always hedging his arguments without backing them up. in this case he presents no argument why other countries would grant/honor property right within some arbitrary radius of a hypothetical planetary station. he also suggests the UN as a good model, then says there are problems with the UN, but does not confront those problems. maybe i'm just grumpy today 😅 | 06:06:51 |
suzi.bianco | 😂 I think he is writing in very general terms, hence the lack of arguments... Just throwing ideas around... As much as I think this subject is extremely interesting, I personally don't thing we can come up with a system before it all happens... We can't possibly foresee all the variables. But it's a good exercise, and might actually help us solve some of our problems here on Earth... | 06:13:29 |
suzi.bianco | Ooos, probably shouldn't be declaring that in this particular channel 😅 | 06:15:00 |
neutronstar | I'm thinking about Asgardian when I read that text. Create your own space government even before going out there and problem is solved... | 06:20:45 |
outbound | Asgardian? | 06:33:59 |
Patrick Donovan | *Asgardia, a constitutional monarchy founded a couple years ago that exists entirely online (with the exception of a satellite in LEO that citizens/members consider to be sovereign territory). I thought it was an interesting an idea and joined the email list a while back, but haven't kept much in touch with it. Their most recent email mentioned citizenship dues, so I suppose my citizenship will expire at some point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgardia | 06:48:23 |
outbound | Ah, missed that somehow. | 06:49:09 |
neutronstar | @paurd:matrix.org: Thanks for correcting my spelling. They're ambitious, fixing citizenship and funding, but it's not clear to me where they they're heading. But on the other hand, it was a while ago I participated in the discussions. I did learn about Unish from there... | 11:07:37 |
9 Dec 2018 | ||
Patrick Donovan | In reply to @neutronstar:matrix.orgno problem. And this Unish? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unish | 00:46:59 |
neutronstar | @paurd:matrix.org: Yepp, and for those more familiar with Esperanto here's a comparison between them: A Comparison of Unish Grammar with Esperanto - Journal of Universal Language PDFhttps://www.sejongjul.org › download_pdf | 09:28:12 |
neutronstar | Hmm, that was the link description, here's the link itself: https://www.google.se/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.sejongjul.org/download/download_pdf%3Fpid%3Djul-3-2-57&ved=2ahUKEwj15Iv6tpLfAhXhp4sKHemeBdIQFjABegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw3eJf6B7OS45lcDEnnTkYYJ | 09:30:02 |
Patrick Donovan changed their display name from paurd to Patrick Donovan. | 22:18:52 | |
12 Dec 2018 | ||
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8 Jan 2019 | ||
mhpanda | Hey folks! I've been a bit busy, but am getting back up to speed to immerse myself again. | 18:20:15 |
mhpanda | Regarding Asgardia: Although it calls itself a "kingdom", it is, by definition, not a monarchy, as sovereignty is not even symbolically entrusted to a single individual... and certainly not to a "noble" line or class. | 18:24:43 |
mhpanda | For our purposes, there are three aspects of governance that we will need to be concerned with, regarding colonisation. The most obvious (or, at least, the most discussed), is governing relations amongst space-based entities (once out there, it will be difficult for earth-based nations to establish any real rule... but they would be able to leverage access to vital provisions, so we would need to have some kind of diplomatic relationship). The second is the governing authorities that we are subject to while still conducting operations on Earth (at least in theory, we could relocate to the oceans, and declare ourselves an independent entity... but we would still need to develop diplomatic relations). The third, though, is the real problem: getting our population into space. The Earth nations probably won't care about what activities we get up to on Earth. But this changes when we become a potential hazard. | 18:36:26 |
sean | Not to detract from all the great space colonization discussions too much, but I could definitely use this @room's help with a little experiment... I started a draft for a general purpose proposal process for space decentral - this could include, but not limited to platform development and governance enactments/amendments. It's based on python's PEP (python enhancement proposal) which makes use of their docutils tools for vetting whether a proposal is "valid". The working draft can be found here https://github.com/spacedecentral/seps For the governance & (space) law enthusiasts here, please by all means feel free to share your feedback, or better, DM me if you'd like to be a co-editor 🙂 | 21:58:04 |
18 Jan 2019 | ||
Daniell Mesquita joined the room. | 12:25:33 |