[meteorite-list] Re: Lunar Property??

From: geoking_at_notkin.net <geoking_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:33 2004
Message-ID: <v04220819b65b035cf5c2_at_[63.25.170.184]>

Stuart wrote:

>He may have claimed it under US law, but
>the US has no claim on the Moon, so his claim means nothing.

Dear Stuart and Moon Watchers:

Anyone intrigued by ethical questions along the lines of who owns (or
could own) certain parts of the Moon, simply MUST read Robert
Heinlein's science fiction novella, "The Man Who Sold the Moon,"
first published in 1950 and since reprinted in "The Past Through
Tomorrow," and other collections.

Heinlein comes up with a rather clever method of determining who is
entitled to which bits of lunar real estate.

A "rattling good read" as we used to say back home . . . eh Stuart? : )


Geoff N.


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Received on Mon 11 Dec 2000 05:19:37 PM PST