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The Dangers of a Private Citizen Colonizing Another Planet
The US plan to return to the Moon will set a precedent for economic transactions in outer space. Some countries are skeptical of this and see it as a US power grab, not least of which are China and Russia. You could imagine it being like the sort of colonial land grab in Africa that preceded World War I. It would be really bad in destabilizing.