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The outer space and the Milky Way, where the Earth, mankind’s habitat, is located, are described in international agreements as a place that belongs to everyone and over which no country can claim sovereignty. The participation of the private sector as a non-state actor in space studies, a field where state actors have been dominant to date, under the leadership of the United States resulted in the idea of commercial space gaining importance and marked the beginning of a new era in space featuring multiple players and missions. That multipolar system with multiple players, which represents a reflection of the Earth’s international system in space, entails certain additional threats and risks. It is possible to argue that the national security of all relevant countries requires, on top of their existing space missions, leadership in the field of commercial space, establishing permanent bases and settling in planetary objects in deep space, the privatization of their resources and building space colonies – which would consolidate their leadership on the Earth. In addition to state actors, the stated ideal of space entrepreneurs, who are part of the private sector, is to pioneer efforts to rebuild life on another planet within the Milky Way
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