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by nine_k
3124 days ago
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The mother planet reaps no material benefits from colonizing another star. Those groups who colonize it get a world if their own. So interests of Earth governments are not aligned with star travel, and only marginally aligned with colonizing e.g. Mars. Those groups who want to ho there will have to do it themselves. (See Elon Musk.) |
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In the book series, without giving away too much of the plot, the handful of countries that acquire and develop spaceflight technology/space bases become political powers in their own right.
If you watch or read "The Expanse", the political shifts are similar. The colony on Mars, in particular, is particularly threatening and powerful.