Hazarding a guess I would say Mollusk is set on Brinworld solutions and we all just saw that confirmed in his Twitter machinations. He's now making Zuckface look respectable!
I don't have to point out the earth-bound dangers of such a foolish policy since this list has been analyzing them for decades now. States like fascist Russia, China and Iran must regard the Mollusk as a Godsend. What's new and adds an ever growing danger is the threat from potentially hostile aliens. The further out into space we go the more crypto-anarchist infrastructure we'll need. Hypothetically its not difficult to imagine an advanced civilization, or federation, condemning us all on the basis of one human individual raping a wilderness planet for no good reason. The longer Mollusk ( and the NASA too btw ) carry on planning to violate the Prime Directive the more danger we are all exposed to. Fuck that for a joke - all wannabe Mars colonists have earned killing.
