Austin, TX – Tesla shareholders approved a controversial new compensation package for CEO Elon Musk on Thursday, including a built-in bonus of $57 billion if he successfully orchestrates the relocation of the state of Delaware to Mars by the year 2030. While details of the plan remained scarce during the shareholder meeting, Tesla filed a supplementary proxy stating Musk’s “transformative vision includes modular planetary jurisdiction and interplanetary performance-based milestones.”
The package, scrutinized by several governance experts, ties Musk’s monetary rewards to a sequence of deliverables, culminating with physically migrating Delaware’s entire legal apparatus, and, if feasible, the landmass itself, to the surface of Mars. At a midday press conference, Tesla Chief Counsel Rita Barnstone clarified, “Relocating Delaware’s business registry and fiscal identity to Mars will position Tesla advantageously, as Martian incorporation law is notably silent on executive stock awards.”
Moving Delaware poses logistical and constitutional hurdles, but the plan has its precedents, said Dr. Harold Liebowitz, senior fellow at the Institute for Planetary Corporatization. “The legal concept of statehood is fluid, particularly with Martian reforms on the horizon. In 1923, Maine briefly declared itself airborne during a dirigible festival. This is, in many respects, less ambitious.”
Preparatory trials will involve digitizing the Delaware Chancery Court and transmitting it via SpaceX uplink. The first electronic filings were beamed to Mars late last month. Initial data indicate several Blue Hen chickens and a Justice of the Peace experienced mild disorientation but mostly remained compliant within their pressurized crates. According to a joint report issued by Martian Law Integration Group, adverse side effects could include temporary gaps in legal continuity, increased atmospheric litigation, and “occasional liquefaction of paperwork.”
Delaware officials appear split on the prospect. Treasury Secretary Joel Rittenhouse voiced concern over orbital escrow accounts, while others see opportunity. Lieutenant Governor Gwen Haleston released a statement describing the relocation package as “a bold step toward extraterrestrial franchise tax diversification.” Meanwhile, critics noted that three regional banks and one goat farm inadvertently migrated to an IKEA parking lot in Malmo during Tuesday’s dry run.
In a final address to shareholders, Musk outlined his vision: “On Mars, every company can be a Delaware company. Also, gravity is optional.” Shareholder voting concluded without incident, but a faint hum was reported emanating from the Nasdaq mainframe, which experts attributed to background Martian static or possibly anticipatory dread.
With the plan now approved, the Delaware-to-Mars transition is projected to begin early next quarter, pending favorable interplanetary weather and a comprehensive review by the Delaware Martian Statehood Adjudication Panel. At press time, the Panel was still awaiting the arrival of its gavel, due sometime before the next favorable Mars transfer window in 2026.
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