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British think tank tackles how to overthrow a Martian government

British_Interplanetary_Society_LogoThe British Interplanetary Society (BIS), the oldest space advocacy organization and leading space development think tank, met last month to discuss, among other things, how one might go about overthrowing a Martian government.

According to the BBC, “Two short blocks from the London headquarters of Britain’s security service, MI6, a group of 30 men and women is plotting to overthrow the government.”

Although they make it clear that is not the British government they are looking to over throw, “nor any government on Earth, but a tyrannical administration on an alien world in the future.”

Image of Martian Colony used to promote the Extraterrestrial Liberty events. (Credit: British Interplanetary Society)
Image of Martian Colony used to promote the Extraterrestrial Liberty events. (Credit: British Interplanetary Society)

The BIS is also very serious about the task at hand. The meeting was the third annual symposium on Extraterrestrial Liberty. A group of conferences started in 2013 to explore the ideas of freedom and governance for human space settlements in the future.

The first conference, titled “What is Freedom Beyond the Earth?,” tackled the idea of freedom in space. According to the BIS, topics included, “Liberty on planetary surfaces, the rule of law in space, the nature of democracy in space, land ownership and freedom in space, the nature of tyranny in space, the independence of space settlements and extraterrestrial constitutions.”

Martian Pole - from the private collection of Charles Cockell. (Credit: David A. Hardy/www.astroart.org)
Martian Pole – from the private collection of Charles Cockell. (Credit: David A. Hardy/www.astroart.org)

The second event, titled “Human Governance beyond the Earth,” looked at the topics such as: “Extraterrestrial governance, freedom of speech and press in the extraterrestrial environment, political and economic systems to maximise liberty in space, constitutions, legal and policing systems in space, prisons and law.”

The third, which just took place last month and was titled “Dissent, Revolution and Liberty in Space,” addressed the questions of, “How do you prevent the extreme extraterrestrial environment promoting the emergence of a coercive security apparatus? How do the confines of outer space encourage a surveillance culture? How is criminality to be managed in extreme conditions? Is revolution justified or even safe in space? How can political dissent be encouraged without threatening the safety of everyone?”

Bigelow Moon base
Robert Bigelow (left) and guest with a model of a Lunar base. Perhaps the first despot needing to be deposed will be on the Moon. (Credit: Bigelow Aerospace)

Charles Cockell, a professor of astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh told the BBC, “This year we’re discussing what happens if you don’t like the government you’ve created and want to overthrow it.”

The group of thinkers brought together to ponder these questions includes scientists, engineers, social scientists, philosophers and writers. They publish their findings in essays that they hope can help guide space fairing humans of the future.

“We hope the discussions we have will constitute the first ideas on extraterrestrial liberty,” Cockell says. “We’ve got a chance to think about what the problems might be in outer space before we go there.”

Thank you to Alec Brindell for the tip on this story.

Alejandro Rojas

Alejandro Rojas is a radio host for Open Minds Radio, editor and contributing writer for Open Minds magazine as well as OpenMinds.tv. For several years Alejandro was the official spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network as the Director of Public Education. As a UFO/Paranormal researcher and journalist, Alejandro has spent many hours in the field investigating phenomena up close and personal. Alejandro has been interviewed by media organizations around the world, including the largest cable and network news agencies with several appearances on Coast to Coast AM.

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3 Comments

  1. NASA has had a relationship with the so-called “aliens” on Mars for a long time. These are actually
    human-nephilim (demonic) hybrids that operate with possession by demonic entity. They of course
    are evil and there is no hope for those humans transported to work on Mars. NASA’s black budget is
    a complete secret, known only to a very few.

    Good luck.

  2. My first reaction was to laugh out loud. But when you read into it, they are talking about off-world human civilisations, which is logical. The idea of the space prison caught my eye though, can’t imagine they would have the resources to manage such facilities, supporting life in general would be difficult. As for the law of space, then as now, the weaker gives way to superior, off which NASA is abundantly aware I am sure.

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