Zigging from clem&#x27;s zag, let me put this another way. There absolutely, positively, beyond a shadow of a doubt will be major political issues that arise from off-planet habitation.<p>But, to be honest, not particularly all that more major than any number of issues that arise on Earth all the time, and we generally muddle through them. It&#x27;ll be a <i>long</i> time before anyone would have any reason to start a shooting war over an off-planet resource.<p>And science fiction has been predicting the near inevitability that eventually the off-planet colony will demand independence anyhow, a position I see no reason to modify or disagree with, personally. The structural forces in favor of that outcome are just overwhelming.