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Eventually, the moon will be a resource. Real estate, minerals, metals, moon rock, ect will be mined and developed. But who should initially own the moon? If I want to buy land on the moon for a house, who should I have to pay for it?

The US should own it and allow it's enemies to live there rent-free as a peacefull gesture.

Eventually, the moon will be a resource. Real estate, minerals, metals, moon rock, ect will be mined and developed. But who should initially own the moon? If I want to buy land on the moon for a house, who should I have to pay for it?
The little green men who live there, of course. :rolleyes:

Eventually, the moon will be a resource. Real estate, minerals, metals, moon rock, ect will be mined and developed. But who should initially own the moon? If I want to buy land on the moon for a house, who should I have to pay for it?

you will pay me, because one day i will own it:)

someone already claimed it.

http://www.lunarembassy.com/

Whoever can defeat the native Lunites

What's been done before when new territory is settled? It's going to be claimed and owned by the first settlers, isn't it? It'd be interesting to homestead on the Moon.

Lichtenstein

Of course, then it would be fairly clear that they were "Compensating for something", but that would just make extra giggles.

I just took a look at that link and did some quickie research on some of the Lunar Embassy's claims. Interestingly enough, the Moon Treaty of 1984 states that only governmental organizations can own extra-planetary property. So technically, the L-E cannot buy or sell any parcels on the Moon, Mars, wherever.

I am puzzled as to how the UN could expect to have the right to say ANYTHING about who owns what and where off Earth?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Treaty

Shouldn't there be a poll?

Shouldn't there be a poll?

Yes.

But I say everyone should own parts of it. Or maybe by that time we'll have realized that humans should be one nation?

Me, blatantly. But if not, then probably a co-alition of all nations with equal space on the surface.

Liasia']Me, blatantly. But if not, then probably a co-alition of all nations with equal space on the surface.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! *gasp* eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

You know you can buy acres of the moon legaly right now don't you? I'm serious.

You know you can buy acres of the moon legaly right now don't you? I'm serious.

Where?

I think that moon is a bit of a spy. Yes I do.

There was a moon like that on the summer of my sixteenth year. Some say I was sixteen but *sigh* I don't know. And there was a girl, too; her name was Marie.

At night together we would walk down by the sea and oh my god if you could see the body on this woman. The way at night her long legs would stick into the moist night sand like God's own barge poles, you know.

And I longed to tell her the feeling I had in my heart for her... but the words would not come, they would not come through my spotty adolescent face, they would not come through my angry hair or my sweaty feet or any other part on this body that I now call... a man.

So the words je t'aime were never passed between us... but the moon, yes, that moon spied on us.


-KITH-

The Moonies? :eek:

Linky:
http://www.lunarregistry.com/?source=gmoon

far off topic; does anyone else think hilary duff looks like a horse?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/VestalVespa/mooninites.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/VestalVespa/mooninites.jpg

ROFLMAO

it appears I'm the only one on here who owns a piece of the Moon so it appears my conquest is going rather well don’t you agree:D

Some more structured form of squatter's rights sounds good to me.

Where?
Linky:
http://www.lunarregistry.com/?source=gmoon

far off topic; does anyone else think hilary duff looks like a horse?
:fluffle:

I think that whoever expends the resources to go there should have a claim on the bit the go to. If someone spends billions of dollars getting there and setting things up, no freeloaders should be able to squat there. But the big spenders cant claim the bits they arent using. If you mine/colonise 50 square kilometres, you cant say you own bits outside your area of control.

Whoever can defeat the native Lunites


Don't you mean native Lunatics?

Moon: Stay off me!

No one should own it...maybe a few research stations, but no colonies or settlements...

it appears I'm the only one on here who owns a piece of the Moon so it appears my conquest is going rather well don’t you agree:D

I really hope you don't seriously believe you own a piece of the Moon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Treaty

By planting the US flag on the moon I figure it belongs to the US. I like the idea of a penal colony as someone suggested earlier in the post. No way of escaping for sure.... BTW I do own 4k acres on the moon by way of the lunar embassy. Since now they are selling it as acre plots I figure I have made a small fortune.... ;) Now where do I cash this in at???

Moon: Stay off me!

No one should own it...maybe a few research stations, but no colonies or settlements...

No colonies or settlements? Does that mean humanity will never get to see what sex on the moon is like?

You know you can buy acres of the moon legaly right now don't you? I'm serious.

But who'se selling them, and how did they gain the legal right to sell them?

But who'se selling them, and how did they gain the legal right to sell them?

It is the lunarembassy that is selling them legally by there account. Anyway they made a claim and sent letters to the US, USSR and UN and had no one challenge them about 20 or so years ago. Apparently that is the legal way to "claim" something. Do not know for sure what rights they have. But they do have a part of the web site discussing this in detail.

By planting the US flag on the moon I figure it belongs to the US.

Ah, but note how they stated that they "came in peace for all mankind", not just for American citizens.

Ah, but note how they stated that they "came in peace for all mankind", not just for American citizens.

Well true but I could specifically recall Armstrong saying after that statement. It's ours all ours! But maybe that was overlooked due to the historic nature of the landing.... ;)

I think no-one should own it.

I think no-one should own it.Seconded. The concept of ownership is nonsense.

Some kind of G*O*R*P. Failing that... some ****...

No colonies or settlements? Does that mean humanity will never get to see what sex on the moon is like?
There is that unpublished footage of Neil and Buzz of course...steaming, really...amazing how the juice just hovers in the air...

The Autobots, of course. They don't need oxygen.