Back in 1980, a former ventriloquist and car salesman named Dennis Hope was out of work, going through a divorce and struggling to make ends meet. As he tells it, he was driving along wondering what he could do for cash flow when he looked through the car window, saw the moon and thought: “Now there’s a lot of property.”
Left: A copy of a deed for an acre of the moon signed by Dennis Hope; Right: Hope with copies of a lunar property deed and a map of Mars. | James Cheadle for POLITICO Asteroids contain water and other materials that can help sustain life and potentially power spacecraft beyond Earth. There are at least 15,000 “near-Earth” asteroids alone; these asteroids carry an estimated 2 trillion tons of water, according to some estimates. Think of them as potential gas stations, or convenience stores, for space travelers.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has ordered the creation of a U.S. Space Force, leading to concerns that the U.S. may violate the Outer Space Treaty itself as it enhances its military defenses.Such questions are spurring debate on the international level about whether it’s time to come up with new treaties or international regulatory regimes for space activity, agreements that could complement or even supersede the 52-year-old pact that Dennis Hope discovered.
Those who oppose revising or creating new treaties argue that the laws and norms of space need to develop piecemeal. They’d prefer to see the continued establishment of bilateral agreements between countries, for instance, that can tackle cooperation or conflict resolution. In addition, the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space has over the decades laid out nonbinding mechanisms and guidelines for the use of space.
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I DO BELIEVE I OWN A CHUCK OF THE MOON CAUSE SOMEONE 'SOLD' FREE MOON LEASES A WHILE BACK?
Leave it to the white trash to try to claim something they have never worked for.
Estate of Neil Armstrong. LOL!
They just made this movie in Italy about a Sardinian guy who 'owns' the moon. 'L'uomo che comprò la luna' . 'The Man Who Bought the Moon' Don't think it's out with subtitles
Is Dennis the man in the moon 🌝👹🤡
The person that created it!
Lunans.
so I own the Moon? Cool. Get the fuck off my moon.
Trump claims US owns moon because 'we saw it first'
Kraft Cheeses
Part of Mars?
Who cares?
That's why Trump wants to go to the moon or Mars: to justify naming a region for himself.
WTF? Haven't you been paying attention? By decree of the Orange One himself, the moon is obviously owned by Mars. Sheesh...... 😜🙃🤪😳
I mean, it's international law. TF can it actually be under strain? The fact this is possible is why we need a wholesale reform of international governance, the removal of self governance by national govts and an actually powerful UN.
C’mon, the Trump Organization owns the moon.
Buzz!