BOTH! Our ‘Save The Space Treaty’ Campaign runs alongside the Mars Land Claim. They work in synergy.

There is no doubt that the Outer Space Treaty 1967 (OST, which is an amazing set of laws) is being progressively weakened and marginalized by space-faring nations who wish to initiate space exploitation (mining etc) and space weaponization. The OST is not very accommodating of either, but both will definitely happen soon. Space exploitation should be a good thing for humanity and Planet Earth … it just needs an appropriate ‘light-touch’ governance framework in which to operate. Space weaponization is NOT a good thing. Most space faring nations believe it to be inevitable. Whilst it will start with so-called “peaceful weaponization’ there will be a slope towards aggressive strike weapons sitting just 350 Km above us … and if the OST is sufficiently weakened then nuclear space weapons will likely result.  If that were to happen, the risk to all of us is horrendous. It’s Game Over!

So, we need to update space law. There is too much ‘good stuff’ in the OST to risk opening it up for editing … so what we need is a limited ‘Top-Up Treaty’ to add modern applicability and new strength to the old OST. It just needs to facilitate responsible commerce (mining etc), restrict aggressive weaponization and manage the issue of space debris.

The UN Committee responsible for space law development is COPUOS (Committee for Peaceful Uses of Outer Space). It has not really made significant impact in 54 years since OST. It needs a JOLT to sting the state delegations (at COPUOS) into cohesive action on a new ‘top-up treaty.’ That jolt needs to come soon.

In 2010, Dr Phil Davies (Founder and Director of Mars Register and The Martians) realised that it could be possible to create a valid claim of possession to land on Mars. Such a claim, if verified as legitimate, could cause surprise and consternation within COPUOS. The associated world media attention could be used to provide the JOLT.

Now in 2022, we have recently gained that independent expert legal opinion – World leading space law scholars/lawyers have indeed verified that we can reasonably claim factual possession of land on Mars. Of course, this cannot currently be converted into ownership … but if the law were to evolve (as we expect it will) towards tolerance of property rights, this claim will be first in line. Top scholars/lawyers have stated this in writing. Now we can do more than give the UN a jolt! … we might actually be able to deliver on the full goals of the Mars Claim and the Safe the Space Treaty Campaign. That full realisation means the legal title to land on Mars is held (by UN) for all Humanity; the beneficial title is split between all our members (claimants), and the Outer Space Treaty gets that vital top-up/update. Initiating this update is an integral part of our strategy.

 

So, we are saying that a claim to land on Mars can help to trigger a vital improvement to existing space law.

Firstly, the claim of factual possession must be valid (verified by world renowned independent legal experts).

So, what is a (celestial) land claim?..

Wikipedia states: “A land claim is defined as “the pursuit of recognized territorial ownership by a group or individual.”

When you ‘Join The Martians’ you immediately obtain a downloadable claim certificate bundle (three different certificates, a declaration of intent and a cover-note). The certificates document that you have joined this communal claim of factual possession of all land on Mars and that we (The Martians / Mars Register) will relentlessly pursue opportunity to legally register the claim into titled ownership.

So, this is a real claim that has been validated by independent, world-renowned legal experts. We do NOT issue deeds. There is currently no agency on Earth (including the UN) which can legitimately issue real deeds (anybody can issue meaningless novelty deeds as long as they are stamped as a ‘novelty item’ and are openly described as such).

In 2010 Dr Phil Davies (a medical doctor with previous senior experience in military defence and aerospace medicine) became aware of futuristic plans for ‘terraforming’ Mars … which included a scientific argument to generate an atmosphere by slightly increasing the surface temperature @ the poles of the planet. Just a few degrees rise would liberate a lot of CO2 (from dry ice into gas), sufficient to cause a greenhouse effect … which might generate a non-breathable atmosphere sufficient to enable surface lakes of water (in summer) and remove the need for astronaut pressure-suits.

Now this is only part of the possible solution (there might not be enough dry-ice … and the atmosphere needs to be retained/maintained), but it was sufficiently appealing for Mr Elon Musk to suggest detonating thermonuclear bombs over the poles in order to generate an atmosphere in ‘the fast way.’

Dr Davies opined that very strong lasers could be applied to Mars from Earth and liberate CO2 into the atmosphere. At best he could impact Mars with 300 photons per square metre per second. The energy of a blue photon is more than enough to sublimate a CO2 molecule into the Martian atmosphere…. so there will be a sparse extra scattering of CO2 release. Obviously, this is physically and scientifically trivial … but not legally trivial. Such a minimal amount of sustained influence/control could be sufficient to represent factual possession of BARREN LAND (drawing comparison from existing examples on Earth).

Since 2010 Dr Davies has regularly applied strong laser beams to Mars. This action, together with an elegantly constructed governance plan (for the administrative management of land/resources on Mars), should be sufficient to justify a claim of continuous Factual Possession (which is the normal pre-requisite for the title registration of claimed land on Earth).

Within current space law, such factual possession cannot yet be converted into titled ownership … but most of us expect that space law (only 54 years old) will evolve in future to tolerate celestial land-property rights. This might take 150 years, but it WILL happen. Why?… capitalism has such massive calorific value (not always a good thing).

So, after 11 years of claiming possession, Dr Davies opined that it was time to commission one of the world’s most recognised, elite scholars (Professor Frans von der Dunk) to provide a Legal Reality Check. This professor’s analysis resulted in his pronouncement that Dr Davies’ actions were legal, including those actions which could arguably represent Factual Possession. He reminded that such possession could not currently be converted into ownership… but he did additionally state that if the law evolved to tolerate such celestial property rights, this Mars Claim should be first-in-line for legal consideration of title (ownership) registration.

Now 2021, it is time to step up the pressure on the UN (‘COPUOS’).

To date, Dr Davies has gathered 180,000 co-claimants, including people from all 195 world nations …. a pan-multinational communal claim. So far, most claimants have joined for FREE … but going ahead, most claimants will join via the payment of a tiny fee (each for a possession of land on Mars ranging from 9-35 Sq Km in size!). This will help raise funds to meet legal fees and the future funding of ‘space studies’ scholarships for worthy applicants within the co-claimants’ families. We aim to deliver many future astronauts and space engineers from within our membership.

World Media has already shown quite a lot of interest. Dr Davies has used every encounter with media to stress the plight of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the need for an update to Space Law in order to prevent us from sleepwalking towards the aggressive weaponization of the orbital space, just 350km above our heads.

With the remarkable validation that has come from Professor von der Dunk’s report, we expect a sharp rise in world media interest in our claim. Again we will use these media encounters to apply even more pressure to the COPUOS members.

Although we believe that an early update to ‘hard’ space law is vital, we do have two further opportunities to deliver a new top-up treaty. ..

If the delegations at COPUOS sensed increasing concern that our claim was becoming stronger (we aim for a membership exceeding 5 Million), the committee may avail of an opportunity to ‘buy back’ all claims via the payment of a nominal fee to each co-claimant. First, the space-faring nations at COPUOS must ratify an appropriate ‘Top-Up’ Treaty; second, the nominal fee started at $1000 in 2017 but doubles biennially, such that it becomes $1Million in 2037. After 2037 or the date of title registration (whichever comes first) the opportunity for UN to ‘buy back’ claims expires.

If, once the law has suitably evolved, the Mars Claim is ultimately successful for title registration, then the legal title should go to ‘All Mankind’ (to be held in trust by a UN Committee) and the beneficial ownership title will go to all co-claimants. Thereafter, each co-claimant (beneficiary) is allocated the beneficial ownership of a specified plot of Mars land … apart from pre-agreed Preference Claims, this allocation is delivered via random lottery … plots are located between latitudes 75deg N and 75deg S, and range in size from 9-35 Sq Km! … yes they are all HUGE … but some are more huge than others.

In this situation, the land on Mars is (until UN permits otherwise) held open as common land (a concept as yet unknown in international law but very familiar in some national laws).

A pro-business space-user group should be created as the responsible governance body for all exploitation of land and resources on Mars. In order to have representation on this body, a space faring nation must ratify an appropriate top-up space treaty.

In this manner, we also solve some of the big problems that currently face those with ambitions in space exploitation… including Articles I and II OST. Article I is especially problematic… namely the dichotomous problem of exploitation with mandatory sharing.

Through our proposal, the Space-User Group approve the mining contract; the mining corporation keeps all profits, less tax to its parent nation and ground-rent payments to the affected claimant(s) (beneficiary). The affected claimant(s) must part-share (half) this payment with all other claimants. Claimants are representative of all 195 nations on Earth (in equitable numbers – according to our national allocations)… thus the exploitation of Mars results in financial benefit going to all nationals and nations.

We regard this as a most elegant solution … something we have termed ‘Inclusivity Built On Exclusivity’

In this manner we enable vibrant and responsible space commerce and peace and stability for humanity and the Earth.

We should remember that space exploitation, if done responsibly, should prove a great benefit to Planet Earth … perhaps even becoming key to the preservation of Earth’s geo-atmosphere and bio-diversity.

So, in summary:

Our proposed model for ownership (split bundle of rights) would see the UN holding legal title to the land and all co-claimants becoming beneficial owners. This model may prove palatable to many national delegations at COPUOS and it also serves to deliver on the obligations of OST Article I whilst still being very pro-business. It is pro-business because a commercially minded space user group will govern the exploitation process (mining) and will permit all profits to go to the mining company (after a ground rent is paid – which is shared by all co-claimants/beneficiaries). The full realisation of our Mars Land Claim project will also deliver on the goals of our ‘Save the Space Treaty’ campaign: that being a new succinct ‘top-up’ treaty that builds upon OST to keep us safe from aggressive weaponization in space, enables vibrant space commerce and manages the generation/disposal of space debris.

NOTE: In addition to potentially addressing OST ‘Article I’ whist still maintaining a very pro- business outlook, our proposed model may appeal to nations that feel uneasy about the ultimate consequences of the US Space Act and the Artemis Accords … namely multiple widely protected celestial installations that initially occupy large areas of land and then spread further in a permanent exclusive possession over vast areas of optimal celestial land – such as to be difficult to distinguish from ownership.

Finally … would-be co-claimants must realise that we do all this not because we are keenly pro-appropriation, rather it is that we think celestial property rights are ultimately inevitable and we want to be ready with an inclusive solution that also appeals strongly to commerce. As stated previously, we call this ‘Inclusivity built on Exclusivity.’

CLICK HERE for latest Legal information, including the Professor’s Legal Reality Check document.

In 2010 Dr Phil Davies (a medical doctor with previous senior experience in military defence and aerospace medicine) became aware of futuristic plans for ‘terraforming’ Mars … which included a scientific argument to generate an atmosphere by slightly increasing the surface temperature @ the poles of the planet. Just a few degrees rise would liberate a lot of CO2 (from dry ice into gas), sufficient to cause a greenhouse effect … which might generate a non-breathable atmosphere sufficient to enable surface lakes of water (in summer) and remove the need for astronaut pressure-suits.

Now this is only part of the possible solution (there might not be enough dry-ice … and the atmosphere needs to be retained/maintained), but it was sufficiently appealing for Mr Elon Musk to suggest detonating thermonuclear bombs over the poles in order to generate an atmosphere in ‘the fast way.’

Dr Davies opined that very strong lasers could be applied to Mars from Earth and liberate CO2 into the atmosphere. At best he could impact Mars with 300 photons per square metre per second (= 10 quadrillion photons hitting Mars per second). The energy of a blue photon is more than enough to sublimate a CO2 molecule into the Martian atmosphere…. so there will be a sparse extra scattering of CO2 release.

Obviously, this is physically and scientifically trivial … but not legally trivial. Such a minimal amount or sustained influence/control could be sufficient to represent factual possession of BARREN LAND (drawing comparison from existing examples on Earth).

Since 2010 Dr Davies has regularly applied strong laser beams to Mars. This action, together with an elegantly constructed governance plan (for the administrative management of land/resources on Mars), should be sufficient to justify a claim of continuous Factual Possession (which is the normal pre-requisite for the title registration of claimed land on Earth).

CLICK HERE  for more detailed information in the Science Section.

What sets us apart? What’s our value proposition?…

Well, without public awareness of the following two facts (highlighted below), we are often regarded as just another opportunistic online agency that sells ‘novelty’ celestial land plots  … but with much lower prices per acre. This is completely wrong!!!

So, we sought guidance and then validation from independent legal experts. From early July 2021 we will invite all interested world media to scrutinize our latest ‘Legal Reality Check’ (Courtesy Professor von der Dunk).

Such independent expert analysis and our revised, transparent, public-facing strategy will enable a huge ‘seismic shift’ in the public’s understanding of these TWO FACTS:

1. Our factual possession of the land on Mars has been independently verified. This is a World first. As the law evolves to admit celestial property rights (as most experts expect it to, ultimately), we should be ‘first-in-line’ (Click ‘Legal’).
2. Most, if not all space faring nations now anticipate the militarization and then weaponization of space (especially the orbital space just 400km above us). With the progressive weakening/marginalization of the Outer Space Treaty, aggressive weaponization with strike weapons or even ‘NUKES’ becomes quite likely. The UN stated it was ‘Seriously Concerned’ about an arms race in space.

With much greater public awareness of those two facts, we can then showcase our USPs:

1. If you ‘Join The Martians’ (for a tiny fee, a certificate confirms you have joined our communal claim of possession of Mars), you will be giving your family descendants a real probability of owning a huge chunk of land on Mars.
2. With each new member (co-claimant) the claim of possession gets stronger. We are aiming for over 5 million members. So just by joining us you increase the likelihood of success and hence the value of your certificate.
3. Our Mars Land Claim Certificates are 100% real … and at least 1000 times cheaper ‘per acre’ than novelty (so NOT legitimate) celestial Deeds. Yes, we issue valid Claims of land possession for the price of a novelty gift. Remember: actual celestial deeds cannot be legitimate (they must be stamped  with’novelty gift’).
4. The legal propagation of our communal claim delivers three opportunities to deliver a vital ‘top-up treaty’ to strengthen the Outer Space Treaty. If you ‘Join The Martians’ you will have increased the possibilities for universal peace and stability. You are not just staking a claim to land on Mars, you are staking out your intent to ‘Save the Earth and all Humanity.’
5. The successful realisation of our claim/proposal will not be limited to claimants’ families becoming Martian landowners and a great new treaty to guarantee peace. It will be a huge boost to space commerce, guaranteeing predictable profits whilst still addressing the obligations (sharing benefits) of the Outer Space Treaty. We call this model: Inclusivity built on Exclusivity (see our revised ‘Business-Legal Strategy’ )

If we try to bring all those USPs into a unique ‘double the value’ proposition, we might say:

‘If you would love to save the Outer Space Treaty (to keep us safe from aggressive
weaponization just 350 km above our heads) and provide your family descendants with the
real probability of owning a huge chunk of land on Planet Mars, then do something
amazing … JOIN THE MARTIANS!’

Anyone for any reason! If you support our celestial safety campaign but cannot commit any money then please just follow us on Twitter (@JoinTheMartians). We frequently issue huge numbers of FREE single-claim vouchers to our followers on social media.

To help fund our legal challenges (to get space law safely updated via our Mars claim) then join us here in buying a legal claim (declaring factual possession) to land on Mars.

Alternatively if you want to buy a land claim to Mars as a Christmas gift for someone, go right ahead. Our certificate package contains a seasonal gift certificate. So you can buy Mars land claims as cheap, quick, legal Christmas gifts. But remember to look after those certificates … they are very REAL!.. your family descendants may hail you as a hero!

CLICK HERE to consider your options to ‘Join The Martians’ via a genuine claim to a vast area of Mars!