   Colonizing MARS.
  I was wondering.If the human race will ever colonize Mars, do you suppose the colonists will eventually want to create their own country?It might have been a long time ago when the New World(tm) was colonized, but pretty much everything matches up. The British wanted to use the Americas basically as a place to expand, and gain more resources to which they can import and use for themselves. Etc, most of you know the rest. Eventually the American colonists no longer wanted to be under the rule of the British Government, so they "broke" off, called themselves independent, and boom...here we are.Now, there has been a lot of attention towards Mars, especially with the rover. Now, this right now might now seem like too much, but eventually, if we don''t really fuck things up, one day humans will colonize Mars.The question in...will Mars want to become its own "country" and demand its own independence. Or will Mars be more like an extension to the Earth, for scientific research. But then which Earth country will be considered the "owner" of the land on Mars, assuming that by then countries became more cooperative, and form a true Union. 
  That depends on the circumstances.  If, by the time we are colonizing Mars, we have a system setup to make communication as easy as it is on Earth, and travel is likewise easy, then chances are the colonies will remain affiliated with their home countries for a while.  There would be no reason not to.However, if we were to colonize tomorrow, then the situation would be different.  The colony would be largly self ruling, even though it will technically be associated with some country or another.  From the point of view of an American colony, for instance, it would be almost impossible for the territory to be an independant state.  The representatives would have no choice but to stay on Earth all the time.  Communications aren''t reliable enough to work from Mars, and travel is too costly to commute.  People think we have a problem with senators being too far removed from their supporters now, imagine if you lived on an entirely other planet?All that will add up to the colonies essentially being independant, regardless of official status.  And once its built up a bit there''s no reason it wouldn''t demand independance.CM ;  they will claim independence and they will do everything to obtain full property of the surface, by military force against stupid people who think they own land on the red planet (or they will face problems with mister i sell you land on the planets)T2k   [edited by - T2k on February 5, 2004 4:55:39 PM];  Of course they would want to be independent.  What colony has ever *not* wanted to be independent?  Human beings being what they are there will be whole books written about the real and imagined injustices of the remote parent country/organization and how they''re biased against the needs of the locals.  Go .;quote:If the human race will ever colonize Mars, do you suppose the colonists will eventually want to create their own country?Read: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue MarsThat trilogy is a great summary of what is likely to happen. ;  Green Mars will probably be after the terraformation when there are trees and such, but the Blue Mars sounds less good, war perhaps?  That likely? ;  Science fiction has clearly shown that Mars will revolt. ;quote:Original post by Boops  Green Mars will probably be after the terraformation when there are trees and such, but the Blue Mars sounds less good, war perhaps?  That likely?  Instead of guessing, read the books! (And you''re wrong, mostly )   Colin Jeanne | Invader''s Realm;  Hmm, I assume these are good books... ;  Read The Martian Chronicles   by Ray Bradbury.After that, you will realize that even if Mars is colonized, you will probably never dare to go there 