Structures and rules that turn a hollowed-asteroid base into a stable, multi-century society — defining ownership, decision-making, liability and ethical guardrails.
Provide clear, ASI-ready governance models so that the base can operate as a functional society rather than a simple industrial outpost. These frameworks address ownership, crew rights, dispute resolution, and long-term ethical considerations for inhabitants who may live for centuries.
These frameworks are established before the first permanent crew arrives. They are embedded in the base’s operating systems and can be updated by consensus as technology and society evolve.
Requirement: The framework is that in IPLS-3.1.11-002 to IPLS-3.1.11-010. Operator means the IPLS-5.1-002 operator. Crew arrival follows IPLS-3.1.4-012. Which elements are bound in hardware is unset.
Rationale: Establishes stable, ethical, and legally sound society from the moment crewed operations begin, preventing future disputes in multi-century habitats.
Open Questions: None at v0.7
Requirement: Stake sizes, share rules, and participation rights are unset. The ledger is append-only. A correction is a new entry. Ledger protocols follow IPLS-3.1.19-006. Whether an equity entry needs prior operator consent or is open to later veto is unset. Ledger node count and location, and which copy governs during loss of link, are unset.
Rationale: Prevents future ownership disputes and aligns long-term incentives for all participants in a multi-century civilisation.
Requirement: Who may vote, quorum, threshold, and the decisions in scope are unset. The standing of a mind and the weight of its dissent are unset. ASI analysis is advisory under IPLS-5.1-002 and is bound by IPLS-5.1-VC-001 and IPLS-5.1-VC-002. The holder follows the IPLS-5.1-002 succession. A seized credential is not consent. Veto latency is unset. Review follows IPLS-3.1.11-009. On loss of link, life-preserving action continues inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. Other governance actions hold under IPLS-3.1-014. T is unset.
Rationale: Combines efficiency of automation with absolute preservation of human/post-biological sovereignty.
Requirement: Housing follows 3.1.4. Medical care follows 3.1.10. Recreation and psychological support follow 3.1.9. Charter text and the minimum level for each right are unset. How exit is provided, and the capacity reserved for it, are unset. Whether reproduction is bounded by 3.1.5 capacity is unset. Amendment follows IPLS-3.1.11-009. The charter is outside the IPLS-5.1-008 immutable set. Whether an operator veto may override a charter right is unset. Rights of an emergent mind follow IPLS-5.1-003. Its standing is unset.
Rationale: Protects fundamental rights in isolated, long-duration habitats where Earth legal recourse is unavailable.
Requirement: Panel composition, selection, escalation triggers, and time limits are unset. Enforcement of an award, and whether it uses 3.1.15, is unset. ASI analysis is advisory under IPLS-5.1-002 and is bound by IPLS-5.1-VC-001 and IPLS-5.1-VC-002. The holder follows the IPLS-5.1-002 succession. A seized credential is not consent. The route for a dispute to which the operator is a party is unset. On loss of link, life-preserving action continues inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. Other governance actions hold under IPLS-3.1-014. T is unset.
Rationale: Provides fast, fair, and binding resolution in a remote multi-century society.
Requirement: Governing law for a claim follows IPLS-3.1.11-A-001. Treatment of the 1972 Liability Convention is unset. Insurer, cover limits, and claim process are unset. Trade follows IPLS-3.1-022. Interstellar trade is unset. Who approves contract terms and settlements is unset. The ledger is append-only. A correction is a new entry.
Rationale: Protects all parties and enables confident economic activity in the off-world economy.
Requirement: Ethical review follows IPLS-5.1-007. On sentience detection the IPLS-5.1-003 halt applies.
Rationale: Embeds ethical guardrails at the governance level for all advanced systems.
Requirement: This gate is a condition of crew arrival under IPLS-3.1.4-012. The automated gate can block and cannot grant. Hand-over does not move command of irreversible acts off the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. Integration pass criteria and the reset event for the 180 days are unset. Whether the count runs with the IPLS-3.1-018 count is unset. The event at which crewed governance exists, for IPLS-3.1-015 and IPLS-3.1-019, is unset. On loss of link, life-preserving action continues inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. Other governance actions hold under IPLS-3.1-014. T is unset.
Rationale: Keeps command of irreversible acts on the IPLS-5.1-002 chart.
Requirement: The immutable set is the IPLS-5.1-008 set. The start of the 10-year clock, the review body, and what counts as a major TSP-v1 supersession event are unset. The holder follows the IPLS-5.1-002 succession. A seized credential is not consent. On loss of link, life-preserving action continues inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. Other governance actions hold under IPLS-3.1-014. T is unset.
Rationale: Allows the society to adapt to new realities over centuries without losing foundational operator sovereignty and ethical guardrails.
Requirement: Duplicate of IPLS-3.1.11-008. Consent is the operator's under IPLS-5.1-002. Whether representatives are consulted, and the weight of their dissent, is unset. Hand-over does not move command of irreversible acts off the IPLS-5.1-002 chart.
Requirement: Governance and ownership models (3.1.11-002) shall explicitly map against the Outer Space Treaty 1967, US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act 2015, UK Outer Space Act 1986, Artemis Accords, and national resource-rights laws (Luxembourg 2017, UAE 2019, Japan 2021), distinguishing resource ownership from celestial-body appropriation.
Rationale: Converts aspirational policy into legally defensible language while preserving full operator ownership of extracted resources.
Open Questions: Multi-jurisdictional conflict resolution protocol (to be addressed in next review cycle)