To some this is a disaster. All those potential resources, all those places people might have lived and developed and commercialized have been left alone, to the detriment of human flourishing. Others see unbridled success: the first half of the twentieth century saw claims and counterclaims in the Antarctic that could have led to warfare. Yet Antarctica and the deep seabed have remained peacefully managed commons with reasonably clear, if quite restrictive, property regimes. This has worked on Earth, so it would likely work in space. It is not the most romantic option or the most awesome
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