Thread: Who owns the Moon?

The current Moon landing threads brings up an interesting question: Who owns the moon...

From wiki...

Although several pennants of the Soviet Union were scattered by Luna 2 in 1959 and by later landing missions, and U.S. flags have been symbolically planted on the Moon, no nation currently claims ownership of any part of the Moon's surface. Russia and the U.S. are party to the Outer Space Treaty, which places the Moon under the same jurisdiction as international waters (res communis). This treaty also restricts the use of the Moon to peaceful purposes, explicitly banning military installations and weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear weapons).[81]
A second treaty, the Moon Treaty, was proposed to restrict the exploitation of the Moon's resources by any single nation, but it has not been signed by any of the space-faring nations. Several individuals have made claims to the Moon in whole or in part, although none of these are generally considered credible.

Russia and the U.S have a treaty, but the up & coming space nations India and China have none. If at some point in time in the future it becomes possible to live there or mine the resources, who gets rights? And how about Mars or Venus? And who owns Uranus?

Can I claim ownership of the moon or a star? I mean there are litterally billiions of them out there, enough so that everybody on Earth could own a few. I want X567/32. Can I have it?

^ OK.

Originally Posted by Plan B

I want X567/32.

I wanted that one!

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

Originally Posted by Plan B

I want X567/32.

I wanted that one!

A bit of hard luck you are both having there - I already own it - bought it from a chap in a bar the other week for 2000 Baht- what a bargain - couldn't refuse it !!!

Its mine - all mine

Gonna put it on E-Bay soon .

Opening bid must be in excess of 1 bn Baht and a couple of bottles of Mekong.
Special discount for TD members.

Sorry it doesnt exist, its all part of the wider moon hoax thingy, ya know?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Sorry it doesnt exist, its all part of the wider moon hoax thingy, ya know?

Party Pooper !

and the world is also flat.

sorry to break it to you like this.

If you can get there and build a house I am sure you could claim part of it. It's probably easier to build an island in international waters to call your own.

Originally Posted by Rattanaburi

If you can get there and build a house I am sure you could claim part of it

Okay. I've now officially entered the space race. Plan B's space program has started. I've already done a spaced-out walk so I'm ahead of the Chinese. I've got to find some kind of new propulsion system to get out to X567/32. Shouldn't be too much of a problem, I've got a leaky ballpoint pen and a broken rubber band, should be able to get something going.

Originally Posted by Plan B

... who owns Uranus?

Can I claim ownership?

Cheeky sod that you are...

Originally Posted by Plan B

Can I claim ownership of the moon or a star?

Sure. Go right ahead.

I mean there are litterally billiions of them out there, enough so that everybody on Earth could own a few. I want X567/32. Can I have it?

Yes, you can have it.

Who owns the sun? In that case i want it so i can rip every fucker off for their energy bills.

Originally Posted by Plan B

Originally Posted by Rattanaburi

If you can get there and build a house I am sure you could claim part of it

Okay. I've now officially entered the space race. Plan B's space program has started. I've already done a spaced-out walk so I'm ahead of the Chinese. I've got to find some kind of new propulsion system to get out to X567/32. Shouldn't be too much of a problem, I've got a leaky ballpoint pen and a broken rubber band, should be able to get something going.

Please read post# 4 .

Before attempting to visit you must be in possession of a valid visa.
Please forward your bank details and specify what type of visa you require.
We wll then extract the required fee from your account and issue the appropriate visa.( This may take a little time 'cos I havn't had the rubber stamp made yet )

Originally Posted by Rattanaburi

If you can get there and build a house I am sure you could claim part of it.

You will never get planning permission some lunatic will object.

Originally Posted by gjbkk

Originally Posted by Rattanaburi

If you can get there and build a house I am sure you could claim part of it.

You will never get planning permission some lunatic will object.

Yeah Me!! It's mine !!!

and my dedicated team of planning permission loonies are waiting to go !!

Hang on a minute - the beermat the title deed is written on is getting soggy - will have to dry it out to read the small print -(its in joined up writing so it must be genuine ! )

To all TD members

The title deed has now dried out and is a bit more legible therefore-

All correspondence regarding visas - planning permission etc should not refer to star X567/32 but to star Chang ( this is apparently the correct name )

Originally Posted by Plan B

If at some point in time in the future it becomes possible to live there or mine the resources, who gets rights?

The french can send a cheese mining team.

Lunar Property from the Lunar Embassy - World Headquarters

Originally Posted by gjbkk

You will never get planning permission some lunatic will object.

sounds reasonable

^^

They don't sell stars.

If they did would they throw in any present solar systems all inclusive in one price?

Originally Posted by Rattanaburi

If you can get there and build a house I am sure you could claim part of it

Farangs cannot own houses on the moon, they can lease for 30 years.... etc etc etc

And there's me thinking it belonged to these lot!

The Clangers.

Whoever does get to the moon first will be the next superpower if they can find a way to mine helium 3 and get it back to earth.