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The Moon as seen by an observer from Earth. It is claimed as private property by several individuals. [1] [2]Extraterrestrial real estate refers to claims of land ownership on other planets, natural satellites, or parts of space by certain organizations or individuals.
One of the world's largest lunar meteorites goes on private sale at Christie's on Thursday, valued at 2 million pounds ($2.49 million). The moon rock, weighing over 13.5 kg, was probably struck ...
Moon for Sale is a 2007 British documentary film directed and produced by Nick Davidson. The film premiered on BBC Two on 10 April 2007 and has played worldwide since. The primary focus of the documentary is on the value of the Moon to scientists and collectors.
The eBay sale is irrelevant, I think; anyone can stick anything on eBay (someone recently put my College up for sale), so I've deleted that reference. There are organisations that sell land on the Moon, though, and I believe that they've extended this to other planets; I've added a link to what I think is the first (or, at least, the main ...
The Moon, registered before a notary by Jenaro Gajardo Vera in 1954.. On September 25, 1954, before the notary of Talca, César Jiménez Fuenzalida, Gajardo requested to leave record of his claim as owner of the Moon "from before 1857" —legal formula used back then to get ownership of lands without existing title deeds—, [2] by registering a deed:
The flown-to-the-moon cover was a favor for a friend of Dick Gordon. [45] Apollo 15 carried the cover from the Postal Service to be canceled on the surface of the Moon. The agency also sent a backup, stowed in the Command Module with another cancellation device, [ e ] for use on the homeward journey if Scott did not get to postmark the lunar cover.
The Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility (LSLF) is a repository and laboratory facility at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, opened in 1979 to house geologic samples returned from the Moon by the Apollo program missions to the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. The facility preserves most of the 382 kilograms (842 lb) of ...
In 2012 Gutheinz traveled to Buffalo, Texas, to look at an alleged Apollo era Moon rock being sold on EBay for $300,000. [81] [82] Gutheinz has also been critical of NASA's handling of Moon rocks to include loaned Moon rocks and the lack of security some temporary recipients have provided to America's Apollo era lunar samples. [83]