China to buy the moon

[icymist]

China to buy the moon
From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Beijing
October 21, 2005

A COMPANY has set up operations in China to sell land on the moon for 289 yuan ($45) an acre, cashing in on renewed interest in space travel after the successful five-day voyage of Shenzhou VI.

The so-called Lunar Embassy, touted as the first extraterrestrial estate agency, has started operations in Beijing, the China Daily reported.
It will issue customers a "certificate" that ensures property ownership, including rights to use the land and minerals up to three kilometres underground, said Li Jie, agent for the company in China.

"We define it as a kind of novelty gift with the potential of unlimited increase in value," said Mr Li.

Lunar Embassy was set up by American entrepreneur Dennis Hope in 1980, 11 years after the Apollo II mission first landed people on the moon.

Mr Hope believes a loophole in the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty makes his property sales legitimate. The agreement forbids governments from owning extraterrestrial property but fails to mention corporations or individuals.

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Silly humans! They think they can own everything!

[shraby]

1. How would they ever know someone was

squatting on their property, or stealing minerals from it? :rofl:

[JDPriestly]

2. What is it they say about possession?

Isn't it supposed to be nine tenths of the law. He needs to possess the moon before he can sell it. And to have possession, he needs to go there. Bon voyage -- to the moon, Mr. Li.

[Botany]

3. HMMMMMM!

Sea of tranquility Realty and Chinese take out ......

"It might work, it just might work." Tom Hagen in the Godfather.

[NJCher]

4. oh no no no

Rummy and the neocons put their claim in for space last summer.




Cher

[PatrioticLeftie]

5. Complete and total bull

Buying out the moon? C'mon!