War in space

levi1_ca wrote:
Perhaps there is less reason for war in space - ... there is no resource advantage Why is there is less reason for war in space?

If habitats become independent from earth, they must survive on their own. That doesn't automatically lead to a happy brotherhood of habitats.

When you think about it, there would be the same logic of war. On earth wars could be political, religious or real estate claims, though a common reason was "resources". In space, there could be many resource conflicts. Just because space is a large doesn't mean there is practical access to needed resources.

Suppose there are some very critical, specialized components that one habitat cannot manufacture and another refuses to trade. This conflict could also lead to warfare.

In another hypothetical situation what if an automated mining camp gets hacked and the supplies go to another destination? (The desire to steal doesn't stop just because people leave earth.) The pirate habitat might have few tradable goods, limited manufacturing capability, or not been able to successfully operate its own resource bases.

If you have people, you have conflicts. In space there may be many resources, but we carbon and water-based organisms need a special environment just to live. In a harsh environment that requires adequate usable manufactured goods to keep our habitat viable. Raw resources may or may not be the contraint per se. Manufactured ones could be.