In this section I would like to draw attention to the relevance of an early work of John Law on Portuguese expansion for the analysis of the current transformation of space industry and the future colonization of space - because of the conceptual frame its provided, the generalized lessons it drew from the Portuguese experience, and even with what he ignores or takes for granted, thus opening room for further developments (Law 1985 and 1986, as well as later interpretation of his findings in Law 1999).