[Shryke]

I didn't intend insult! You made a sarcastic statement about the "wealths" of space you will sell to me, to illustrate how worthless you think space is. It reminded me exactly of another "frontier" that was considered "worthless" by its owners, and basically given away for a pittance. Coincidentally, it was bought unconstitionally, which I find very illustrative of the weaknesses of hard-line Libertarianism.

And stop saying Mars. I've spent most of my arguments discussing the Moon. Unlike the Lousiana Purchase, the only cost in getting those resources is shipping/construction. We don't have to buy any land.

[from occupied ga]

. I've spent most of my arguments discussing the Moon

OK, the moon then. Rather than paying for the land, we'll pay hundreds of billions for getting a few people there. I don't consider space to be worthless, but rather that there isn't any material substance that I can think of that is worth the cost of getting it and returning with it. If the costs dropped to where it was about the same per lb mile as on earth, then it still would be prohibitively expensive because of the distance involved.

Article IV section 3 of the constituiton would imply that the Louisana purchase was constitutional, but I'm no expert on constitutional law, so you may be right, but this would not apply to Mars, because it is already under international treaty.

[from occupied ga]

Woops, meant to say Moon in last paragraph, but said Mars.