Is The Moon For Sale?

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03-11-2014 | 23:00
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Is The Moon For Sale?
Attention folks! It appears the moon is now for sale! And you can become the proud owner of lunar estates and lands where you can go to enjoy nice relaxing holidays... Who cares if there's no oxygen!



Your eyes do not lie! These are the deeds to plots on the moon sold on moonestates.com.

Obviously the above is someone's idea of a joke or a way to rip simple minded people off. And it's working!
But on a more serious note, humans have been thinking about colonizing the moon and Mars for ages. Today,  Russia has plans for a manned colony by 2030 and a Japanese firm wants to build solar panels around the moon to harvest energy for earth.




Nasa's Lunar base as imagined in the 1970's

In the 1970's Nasa started planning its first base on the moon. But are humans allowed to claim ownership of celestial bodies? And who is to decide which country or race owns what? This thing has conflict written all over it. 

Read more on the legalities of outer space ownership on IFLscience




 
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