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How to govern a future Mars colony. Any ideas?? http://bit.ly/25Qymtz

As Silicon Valley lays plans to colonize Mars, researchers offer a blueprint for governing it The question is not when we will colonize Mars, but how we will govern it when we get there.

Here's to the multi-planetary trailblazers: Moon Express is close to clinching FAA approval for its private moonshot; the first Google Lunar X Prize competitor to do so. Awesome. https://t.co/C7Ht0jfkRU

Company close to U.S. approval for first private moon shot Moon Express is awaiting word on application to be the first private company to launch a lunar probe sometime in late 2017.