Well, there&#x27;s the rub. While I imagine there&#x27;s a school of thought that says &quot;fuck you, we&#x27;re on Mars, we&#x27;re declaring independence, whaddya gonna do about it?&quot;, there&#x27;s also a school of thought that says &quot;we have nuclear weapons, interplanetary missiles, media control, and the political will to do the obvious&quot;.<p>Economic worth is not what wars are fought over. They are fought over the prospect of losing <i>face</i>. It all boils down to dick-waving, even over the vast expanses of space.<p>I mean, who would object to a limited tactical strike with no boots on the ground on a radical (possibly insane) terrorist controlled (I hear they abuse children) space-pirate-fortress?