If people one day start colonising other planets, how should the territory be split?

If people one day start colonising other planets, how should the territory be split? Published on 3 January 2019 → Survey conducted on 3 January 2019 on 3938 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Territories should belong to countries that colonise them first

12%

Every country should get its own share, proportional to its size and place on Earth

Territories on other planets should belong to the whole of humankind and not be split

51%

Don’t know

32%

Territories should belong to countries that colonise them first

12%

Every country should get its own share, proportional to its size and place on Earth

Territories on other planets should belong to the whole of humankind and not be split

51%

Don’t know

32%

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