Space Pirate
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I've been thinking about laws on Mars. There's an international treaty saying that no country can lay claim to anything that's not on Earth. By another treaty if you're not in any country's territory, maritime law aplies. So Mars is international waters. Now, NASA is an American non-military organization, it owns the Hab. But the second I walk outside I'm in international waters. So Here's the cool part. I'm about to leave for the Schiaparelli Crater where I'm going to commandeer the Ares IV lander. Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can't until I'm on board the Ares IV. So I'm going to be taking a craft over in international waters without permission, which by definition... makes me a pirate. Mark Watney: Space Pirate
I've been thinking about laws on Mars. There's an international treaty saying that no country can lay claim to anything that's not on Earth. By another treaty if you're not in any country's territory, maritime law aplies. So Mars is international waters. Now, NASA is an American non-military organization, it owns the Hab. But the second I walk outside I'm in international waters. So Here's the cool part. I'm about to leave for the Schiaparelli Crater where I'm going to commandeer the Ares IV lander. Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can't until I'm on board the Ares IV. So I'm going to be taking a craft over in international waters without permission, which by definition... makes me a pirate. Mark Watney: Space Pirate
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WATNEY I've been thinking about laws on Mars
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There's an international treaty
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saying no country can lay claim
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to anything that's not on Earth
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And by another treaty
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if you're not in any country's territory
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maritime law applies
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So Mars is international waters
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Now NASA is an American non military organization
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It owns the Hab
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But the second I walk outside I'm in international waters
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So here's the cool part
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I'm about to leave for the Schiaparelli Crater
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where I'm gonna commandeer the Ares 4 lander
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Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this
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and they can't until I'm on board the Ares 4
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So that means I'm gonna be taking a craft over
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in international waters without permission
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Which by definition makes me a pirate
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Mark Watney Space Pirate
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Movie Summary
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.
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Mark Watney
