It's the entrepreneurs leading the space race Colonies require support and expansion to other planets means shipping supplies to them. Pirates love long supply chains and not even Elon Musk is invulnerable, although there is reason to believe he might do slightly better than cumbersome governments.

This highly speculative look at the perils of building the first functional Mars colony stars Elon Musk.

A short, humorous look at space piracy -- and people.