The Man Who Owns the Moon (According to him, at least)

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:51 am

I've heard and read about this fella before, but I don't think I ever got the valued insights of our Off Topic denizens (most of you all are much smarter about mumbo jumbo than I am) about his claims and it all, since something recently from the NY Times popped up about him, here I am.

NY Times Opinion Article (video article also found here)
Extraterrestial Real Estate (wiki)
Lunar Embassy Website

--Andy

by **2dimes** on Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:11 pm

Kind of pointless. The only people who have been there are pre 1980ce Americans and no one has the equipment to go currently. You own it. So what?

You can't defend it.

In conclusion I like his style.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:33 pm

If an organization built a colony on the Moon, then they would own some portion of the Moon--much like the distance of a town and its hinterland.

I'd support this regardless of Earth laws on Moon property rights. Those Earthers have no right!

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:01 pm

I thought this was going to be an Al Gore thread.

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:12 pm

DoomYoshi wrote:I thought this was going to be an Al Gore thread.

I'm sorry, I don't have any news connections to Al Jazeera.

--Andy

by **TA1LGUNN3R** on Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:58 pm

BigBallinStalin wrote:If an organization built a colony on the Moon, then they would own some portion of the Moon--much like the distance of a town and its hinterland.

I'd support this regardless of Earth laws on Moon property rights. Those Earthers have no right!

In the moon.

/heinlein

-TG

by **BigBallinStalin** on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:13 pm

Good call! My Harsh Mistress has been collecting dust for some time.

by **thegreekdog** on Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:35 pm

BigBallinStalin wrote:Good call! My Harsh Mistress has been collecting dust for some time.

I read it for the first time a year ago.

I absolutely loved the Mars ownership discussion in Stranger in a Strange Land.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:53 pm

thegreekdog wrote:
BigBallinStalin wrote:Good call! My Harsh Mistress has been collecting dust for some time.

I read it for the first time a year ago.

I absolutely loved the Mars ownership discussion in Stranger in a Strange Land.

The first 10 pages were rough for me, so I set it aside.

When did the Stranger perk your interest?

by **thegreekdog** on Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:23 am

BigBallinStalin wrote:
thegreekdog wrote:
BigBallinStalin wrote:Good call! My Harsh Mistress has been collecting dust for some time.

I read it for the first time a year ago.

I absolutely loved the Mars ownership discussion in Stranger in a Strange Land.

The first 10 pages were rough for me, so I set it aside.

When did the Stranger perk your interest?

Last year (around the same time as Moon is a Harsh Mistress).

by **BigBallinStalin** on Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:06 am

lol, at what page?

by **AAFitz** on Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:17 am

I saw this on TV somewhere too. Lots of celebrities and if Im not mistaken, Clint Eastwood is among the 'investors', which makes sense since he would have to be there to settle it.