(G$/yr, billions of United States dollars per Earth years)
Residence offered with premium services:
For scientists, engineers and others, on missions financed by the Earth.
Tourists on the experience of a lifetime.
Adventurers & Pioneers from the whole Solar System,
Health, Cures for retired people, or anyone else: Extension of life expectancy by reducing stress on the heart and arteries by lower gravity.
Excursion to the surface of emblematic places:
Marineris Valleys, the largest canyon in the solar system.
Mount Olympus, the largest volcano in the solar system.
The Ark of Tartarus Colles.
Visit of a belt asteroid aboard an X33.
Stellar cruise to Saturn aboard a Starship.
Mars welcomes more than 50,000 visitors per synod !
Foundation offers licenses to exploit and explore the riches of Mars. A company is authorized to explore and extract mineral resources; in exchange it has a 30-year property right and it must participate, via subsidies, to the extension of the city. It can also rent the operating site to other companies.
As it is the core job of each Martian settler to build a new world, it is obvious that Mars would be the new Eldorado for construction and real estate financing, compared to a saturated Earth where competition is fierce and profits tiny.
Investments in Foundation currently represents a 28% growth share in the solar system property market.
Average price per m²: ~ 10 k$/m2.
And remember, it is not a question of demolishing a planet to cover it with concrete, but of greening Mars!
The Mars Institute Technology (MIT) has designed a training offer focused on a high level of excellence in a number of fields: Agronomy, Sociology and Psychology, Engineering according to specialization, 3D printing, Robotics and AI, Circular Economy and Recycling. MIT has concluded research and development contracts with private companies on Earth.
Mars is a harsh place, and inventiveness is a necessity to survive. Innovation is so at the core of Foundation economy. Thanks to its R&D, Foundation draws profile of this for the benefit of Earthlings. It offers patent exploitation licenses for the following sectors: Medicine (cancer treatment, life extension, cardiovascular treatment, procreation assistance and many others, Food industry (GMO, above-ground, soil treatment), Climate and environmental control, Engineering, Circular economy, Recycling and reuse of materials, Dry extraction of resources, Water Management, Energy.
The example of Earth ISRU
Today the technologies developed on Mars to make steel from the regolith are sold under license to Earth and allow the production of high quality steel at a competitive manner directly at the mine site. Foundation collects 5% of royalties on the patent exploitation licenses on steel, this generates for Mars revenues of 40 billion $ / year. The patents related to the highly automated Foundation solar farms are nowadays best-sellers on Earth. All of Foundation university and patent revenues are placed with Bank of Mars. The interest of 5% is used to finance the extension of the colonial projects of Mars.
The Martian space industry is booming. Today it competes with Earth for the supply of space launch and equipment. Currently, Foundation offers the following services: Production and launching of geostationary satellite thanks to the advantage of ΔV compared to Earth, Design and launching of orbital stations, Asteroid drilling and mining equipment, Exploration probes to the outer planets and the asteroid belt, X33 Albatross in commercial or government version, Space Internet, Telecommunication equipment.
Costs to orbit examples:
LEO: $ 150 / kg // GEO: $ 180 / kg // Moon: $ 200 / kg // Belt: $ 100 / kg
Foundation offers an extensive infrastructure for supply contracts for the Moon, orbital stations and the Asteroid Belt. As well as extended trips to the gas giants. Here is a non-exhaustive list of possible supplies: Food, Carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and other light elements, Consumables and basic necessities, Tools and Machines, some as simple and as essential as toothbrushes, Propellant, Space habitats. As an indication, the annual supply to the Moon, populated by 100,000 people, brings in 1.6 G$/yr only to compensate for life system losses.
Foundation provides the Asteroid Belt with the manpower necessary for the development of the mining industry. All trades, from the most intellectual to the most manual are sought after. Mars Services, the umbrella-organization for the management of extra-Martian workers, is responsible for: Providing qualified personnel, Organizing Mars transport - Belt, Providing supplies and consumables, Certifications - Payroll management, Health coverage. There are currently more than 10 000 workers in the Asteroids Belt. And yes, they call themselves Belters.
Foundation in collaboration with MarsProof, the most influential Miner’ Guild of Mars which is behind the first Martian service station, takes care of extracting, refining and delivering metals essential to your industries. We offer you a diversified catalog of metals, including rare Earth minerals, gold, platinum and copper. We offer a direct route from the belt to Earth. We take a contribution of 5% in materials for Mars and 5% in cash in order to take care of the transportation, and the security of the transporter. Mars also offers deliveries of metals to all human settlements in the solar system.
Foundation offers various services in the entertainment, games and multimedia sector: annual tourist lotteries, bets on the winning city of the Terraformation prizes (Mars Olympic Games), Sale of broadcasting rights for sporting events, The Grand Rally of the Marineris Valleys. For example, a lottery on Earth is set up with $100 tickets. Every two years, the lottery draws ten winners for a two-year "all inclusive" trip to Mars. The lottery generates a very high margin which is devoted to the development of Mars.
Foundation chose to abolish the fiduciary system widely used on Earth. The goal was to gain energy, as there was no need to produce physical currency on the spot. During the early development of the economy of Arkadia, a standard system was put in place. This was based on a raw material stored in Foundation with the blockchain (MTC) as a distribution vector. With the development of methane strategic stockpiles for energy storage and as a precursor for industrial activities, methane progressively gained a tremendous importance in the Martian economy. The methane standard enabled the economy of Foundation to remain independent in the face of Earthly fluctuations in the financial markets, and is now used in all Martian city states. As a result, one of the most useful organic compound is produced and stored on Mars as would be gold on Earth. Accumulation of organic matter, a major step of Mars terraforming, is at the core of Mars financial system.
Each settlements has developed both a fiercely protected general production capacity and a few specialties for inter settlement and intercity state trade. Arkadia is an industrial center for large scale production of industrial goods using cheap nuclear power. Surya developed its solar industry. The Meridian Way serves as an exchange route between the settlements, creating ties that bind the two parts of the Foundation city state together.
Service revenues, patent royalties and immigrant money is placed in a bank on Foundation and is loaned to Earth and Martians with interest. Interest is used to finance colonial works. The bank of Foundation thus became the first space bank. Banking is currently expanding to fund expansion in the belt.
Mars has implemented a Bonus / Malus system based on the positions taken by each and each group in order to promote mutual aid and sharing.
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Economics essay.
Economy: an interrelated system of human labor, exchange, and consumption. An economy forms naturally from aggregated human action – a spontaneous order, much like language. Individuals trade with each other to improve their standards of living. Improved standards of living are made possible when labor is more productive. Productivity is driven by specialization, technological innovation, and working capital. The only sustainable way for an economy to grow is through increased productivity.
Can energy be cheaper on Mars?
Can salaries be lower on Mars?
Can we trade with Mars?
Can productivity grow on Mars?
How does Foundation buy things from Earth? How can it trade? Intellectual property. Demand and invention.
Growth, trade, resources.
Foundation is a high growth state. It is also a service economy. Public policy. Economic growth. Automation.
Foundation population requires services and have property on Earth.
Immigrants bring in money and buy goods and services.
Foundation sells some services to the Earth. As any large city with well educated population it can provide services, although distance and time lag are a factor.