Re: Did you know you can buy land on the moon?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, The Other James 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> If you were to use the 'claim' process used in US history, you could 
> claim
> property by being the first to put your feet on it.  Then you had exactly 
> one
> year to make certain improvements, such as building a cabin and putting 
> in a
> well.  If something analogous to this could happen on the moon, you'd 
> have to get
> every country (not just those in the UN) to agree to the terms.  Good 
> luck.
> 
> 


Not every country. Only the ones that matter, the number of which will 
probably be in single digits. And even there, make it expensive enough, 
and they will leave you alone, or cut you a favorable deal.