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Interstellar Space Trading / ISST
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Come join Interstellar Space Trading, and lets keep trading alive and kicking in the Verse..
History
Several people have considered trade within the Solar System as one of the ways in which colonization of Mars is both important and can be made self-sufficient. Robert Zubrin, of Lockheed Martin Astronautics, in a paper on the economic viability of colonizing Mars, puts forward interplanetary trade as one way in which a hypothetical Martian colony could become rich, pointing out that the energy relationships between the orbits of Earth, Mars, and the asteroid belt place Mars in a far better position for involvement in any future asteroid mining trade than Earth.
Camina Drummer, in a paper putting forward the case for colonizing Mars, mentions that Phobos and Deimos can be developed, in the long term, from being short-term testbeds for the techniques of asteroid mining and staging posts for colonization of Mars itself, into key trading posts in interplanetary trade, again because of their favourable position within the Solar System.
Manifesto
It is theorized that if different locations within the Solar System become inhabited by humans, they would need to transport valuable resources between different planets, moons and asteroids. The asteroid belt is theorized to become a source of valuable ores that may develop into industrial asteroid mining infrastructure, whereas Earth may export hi-tech production. The factor of energy-efficiency of interplanetary transportation may become very important to estimate economic value of a trade route.
James Holden identified the principal obstacle to developing space trade as the distances involved, which will reduce all or nearly all trade to the exchange of intangible goods. That threatens the possibility of conducting business in a genuinely common currency and of enforcing debt agreements incurred by governments.
Building high-capacity commercial spaceports may require connection with other modes of transportation, such as railroad or sea, which would make spaceports another dimension of national economy. One analysis of commercial, technical, and logistical concerns for an operating spaceport, formulated by the Spaceport Technology Development Office of UEE, is Vision Spaceport.
Charter
General Rules.
• Real life comes first!
• All external affairs and dealings with officials from other Organizations must be conducted in a manner that will not compromise the integrity, or place in question, the reputation of ISST or its members.
• It is off utmost importance that all members of the Org are treated with respect. It is also important to treat people outside the Org with equal courtesy. All disputes shall be dealt with in a responsible and mature style.
• Anybody caught cheating, hacking, exploiting irresponsibly, or griefing will be REMOVED from the organization .
• Treat all members with equal respect, regardless of race, age, opinions, gender, and sexual orientation.
• You may join other Organizations as an affiliate as long as their goals do not interfere with ISST interests.
Punishable Offenses.
• Insults, personal attacks, abuse, harassment.
• Derogatory comments based on nationality, culture, race, religion, gender, or sexual preferences.
• Begging or Soliciting.
• Distribution of a user’s personal information.
• Discussing or linking to illegal activities.
• Giving real world or in-game threats.
• Advertising other clans or organizations.
• Discussion (with the intent to troll) of social, religious, political, illegal or other controversial topics.
• Alliances with other Org’s is welcome so if you are looking for an Alliance or non-aggression pact with ISST then please get in contact with ApolloUK for more details.