PJ Blount is a law professor at the University of Cardiff and comes from the University of Mississippi space law line. He's lectured extensively on the issues of settling space. And he enters the Garden to discuss many of these. Yes, we struggle to not use forms of "colonize". Yes, we discuss the ethical considerations of what is humanity's right to settle anywhere. What is life? Is life required for protection? But we also tackle the technological and logistical issues with settlements Who's building the infrastructure and responsible for re-supplies? How do you set and enforce labor laws millions of miles away? How do you have a functional HR department on Mars? Talk about the indentured company town. PJ divides the legal and related challenges in near term, mid term, and long term. The world is complicated. Other worlds might be very Guantanamo Bay. .
