WHO OWNS THE MOON?

No one does actually

You may have heard about people selling parts of the moon: they claim that you can become co-owner of moon lots for about US$ 40 per acre.

However, in my opinion, the moon belongs to no one, period! No state or government can claim ownership and neither can an individual. To state that it is mankind’s heritage and that ‘mankind’ could claim ownership is ridiculous and even arrogant: it would be a kind of colonialism. The same applies to other celestial bodies and, in fact, to the whole universe.

On the other hand, …
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Jun 2008
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