ShadowPHP Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I was just reading 'How to setup a moon base' on BBC News and in it they mentioned this: While planning permission is not an issue - there is no law in space - a claim of ownership has been made by US entrepreneur Dennis Hope, who in 1980 spotted a loophole in the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty. Do you think anyone can claim ownership of the moon or any part of it? BTW, 'How to setup a moon base' is quite an interesting article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Yes, I own 32,000 acres on the moon! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 26, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2005 well i know you can buy those fake certificates they say you now own so many acres of the moon, but i dont think you can legally claim part of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPHP Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 Like you can buy those certificates to get a star named after you, but in the end, its still AK39247B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koding Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Sure...just build a house on the moon and sit out on the porch with a shotgun to keep away the trespassers! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 i imagine it can be colonize by countries and they could lay claim to pieces but in the end to get anything accomplished its going to be a world wide effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Colonization of the moon will be harder than colonization of Mars, reasons being is. A) the Moon doesn't have an atmosphere, where in the case Mars does. B) there doesn't seem to be any ice water on the Moon where in the case Mars does. C) Air, water and electricity will be the key elements in succesful colonization of the moon. Those of which will be a bit harder on the moon than on Mars. We can use water to create electric power. Which, again, exists already on Mars and not on the Moon. In the end a base on the moon as opposed to one on Mars is just a waste. imo ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 how did it get this far anyway? this is stupid. owning the moon.. wtf are going to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killmaster84 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I want some part of the moon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted August 26, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2005 how did it get this far anyway? this is stupid. owning the moon.. wtf are going to do with it? 586435192[/snapback] once property rights are defined, people will find a way to do something with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobut Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 how did it get this far anyway? this is stupid. owning the moon.. wtf are going to do with it? 586435192[/snapback] I dunno, you'd be surprised. They could charge people for rituals based on the moon. They could charge people for photos they take of it. I'm bs-ing right now, but you never know ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla_rk Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 No one can ever own the moon, its a f*cken planet... the moon is there not for us to live on it, not to own it, just for understanding it. every one who has acres on the moon was scamed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 No one can ever own the moon,its a f*cken planet... the moon is there not for us to live on it, not to own it, just for understanding it. every one who has acres on the moon was scamed... 586436827[/snapback] The moon is not a planet, it is a celestial body, a satellite mind you. and who is to say we can't (if we ARE able to) colonize and claim land on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Well someone can probley own it but it's probley owned by a group of countries like US, UK, France, Germany. But really we should put out notices around the planets and also news papers asking if anyone owned the planet and can prove it if. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starcom826 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Well someone can probley own it but it's probley owned by a group of countries like US, UK, France, Germany.But really we should put out notices around the planets and also news papers asking if anyone owned the planet and can prove it if. 586437137[/snapback] By virtue of this first there doctrine used quite frequently in the Israel-palestine conflict, the moon is technically American is it not ;) ? I have a strong feeling people would find that objectionable because its American!!!!????..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted August 27, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 27, 2005 I would say the first people to build on it own whever they build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla_rk Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 The moon is not a planet, it is a celestial body, a satellite mind you. and who is to say we can't (if we ARE able to) colonize and claim land on it? 586436840[/snapback] you're right that is doesn't a planet, it's more like an orbiter, a "heavenly body". but it doesn't change a bit, no one owns the moon, because it doesn't belong to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 It is owned by the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted August 27, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 27, 2005 It is owned by the USA. 586439869[/snapback] Actually I own the moon. What proof do you have that the USA owns it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starcom826 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Actually I own the moon. What proof do you have that the USA owns it? 586440240[/snapback] The fact that it was there first, which I recall people argued means the land is yours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPHP Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 No country will allow 1 single country to claim ownership of the moon. Even more so if its America that owns it, what with all the America hatred in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappBrannigan Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Whatever countries are at war over land, give them part of moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheazel Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 In the end a base on the moon as opposed to one on Mars is just a waste. imo ;) 586434853[/snapback] The whole point of going to the moon would be to launch bigger spaceshuttles too Mars for instance. It's much easier to launch from a low gravity moon then to launch a very big spacecraft too Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudworth Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 A) the Moon doesn't have an atmosphere, where in the case Mars does. 586434853[/snapback] ermmm, If I remember correctly, it does. It's just very 'weak'. I saw that guy who has the 'deeds' to all the planets/moons/satellites in our solar system on Conan O'Brien one night, he gave Conan the deed for a plot on the moon. He said that for somewhere around 250 000$, or something like that, you could buy all of pluto...... I also remember reading somewhere, dont know if it is true or not, that McDonalds actually owns plots of land on the moon. I don't really like the idea of ownership of any planet at any level, but I imagine that someday, perhaps soon, perhaps not so soon, we will see it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Well lets think of the whole absent-landlords issues in the past. Unless you set foot on your "land" at least once a year, then it ain't yours :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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