>>8666189Spaceship culture will be exactly like the age of sail.
You will have merchants, tankers, pirates, ships loyal to their country, and explorers.
The difference will be that some of the stereotypical factions in videogames about space will be at play.
Instead of only countries funding expeditions, you will have megacorporations. But if you progress to the point where multiple planets are colonized there will be a breaking point where a corporation will either bend the knee to the government or become so powerful its basically its own Government-lite like a vassal state.
Think about Google now. What if the US government decided "FUCK IT, KILL EM ALL" and started marching upon the headquarters and killing random employees. Google COULD, (keyword, its possible, not that they will) have enough money to evacuate and hire enough mercenaries to literally cause a civil war.
Its somewhat unrealistic on earth, but the fact that its still possible means its a NEAR CERTAINTY it will happen once in space.
