My head is spinning as I just heard people are buying areas of the moon as a new property investment trend!!! How is this possible? To sell the moon, doesn't someone have to own the moon? Who wrote the deed and in what country(ies) would it be legal? What body of people decided it was legal and who gave them the authority? And, if someone bought some bits of the moon, how can they know for sure what they bought?
2007-04-10 09:47:29 · 13 answers · asked by covduo2 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Most of the answers here are 95% correct, maybe even 98%, but as with most legal things, there is a loophole.
The Moon is not "owned" by a country; and if it is owned, it is by the "Federation Internacionale d'astronomie" and its similar counterparts.
The moon is more or less shared by all the countries, and the conditions for use of it is that it cannot be for anything military or the development of anything which could endanger human life. The building of Atomic weapons would be not allowed.
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If you went to the moon, and built a houser on a piece of land, and lived there for, say, a decade, and nobody challenged you, then you coud say this is your moon home.
If someone did challenge you, and produced their certificate of owning the moon, they could take you to court to enforce this, but at their own expense.
Still, in Broad terms, no-one owns the moon.
2007-04-10 22:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm one among those those who symbolically offered an acre of land on the Moon. The record states precise on it that I truly haven't got any criminal precise to the land and is in elementary words symbolic. it really is, notwithstanding, exciting to coach human beings in my telescope the position my land is. The Outer area Treaties do not enable anybody or any us of a to personal land on the Moon. there have been motions to guard places like Tranquility Base, the position Armstrong first set foot on the Moon, as a global heritage website. The UNESCO hasn't particular it as an internet site yet because of politics, notwithstanding, NASA has requested that no individual come closer than seventy 5 meters from the positioning.
2016-12-03 19:30:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody owns the Moon. Those sales are just novelty items, not a real, legally enforceable title to land on the Moon.
2007-04-10 09:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing legal about it, its a gimmick...
A company called Lunar Embassy, which describes itself as "the founders and leaders of the extraterrestrial real estate market," claims to have been in the business of selling Lunar Property for over 25 years to over 3.4 million customers. There are other companies selling land on the moon as well, but it seems that Lunar Embassy is the first and biggest. The founder, Dennis Hope, claims to own the Moon! In fact he claims to own all the planets except Earth!
According to the Lunar Embassy website, you can buy one acre of "prime real estate" on the moon (with great Earth views!) for under $20!
Lunar Embassy has also created "The Century Club" for "1000 lucky participants" who get 1777.58 acres of celestial land and other "benefits" for a mere $1000 US dollars.
Chinese authorities have shut down this scheme in China on charges of profiteering and lunacy.
Lunar Embassy is also selling extraterrestrial domains: For example, you can reserve your .ln, .le, .moon or .mars domain name now.
According to the Lunar Embassy website, their legal basis for ownership is that "one can become the legal owner of an extraterrestrial body, if you are the first one who claimed it, and that is the Lunar Embassy."
So, we'll let you decide for yourself if this is real or a scam.
People 'purchase' plots of the moon and give them to loved ones. You can also buy a star in a similar fashion.
An international treaty (similar to the one that states that no one can claim to own Antartica) states it is a free property. Corporations and individuals are not legally allowed to own any part of it according to International Space Law.
2007-04-10 09:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK that is a scam no one can own land on the moon. You can't by stars either. It is not legal because of a Space Treaty.
2007-04-10 10:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm with the guys sayin that there is nothin legal about it but i recently heard on horizon that two ex US presidents and the country's present incapable idiot all have 'land' through the company that is selling it. im thinkin they may fight for their rights if ever needed, which is obviously quite worryin. we have seen in the past that going to a place isn't necessarily a prerequisite of claiming you or your country own it.
2007-04-10 11:08:02 · answer #6 · answered by play_doh_dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a piece of paper with no legal value. There's a sucker born every minute. People are also selling stars to idiots who want to part with their money.
2007-04-10 09:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the 1920s a guy sold the Eiffel tower - TWICE!
2007-04-10 22:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could sell you a plot of my moon but you will only see it when I bend over ;)
2007-04-10 09:53:45 · answer #9 · answered by Banny Grasher 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I saw that. It's more of a gimmick than anything - bit like naming a star.
2007-04-10 10:36:03 · answer #10 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋