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Thus it was possible for an American (Dennis Hope) to have the foresight to make claim to the surface of our whole solar system, in 1980, for himself and then sell large areas of it off to other companies for them to be in a position to sell the Moon, Venus and Mars chunk by chunk. Believe it or not but all this was perfectly legal and you will actual own the rights to the acre of moon you buy. This could of course prove very valuable to you or your descendants once we run out of land down here on Earth. Preposterous and cheeky it may be, but no-one can stop you. And that in itself is a huge joke. As a result this idea is taking off like a rocket and to date over 100,000 plots have been sold. The land is carefully mapped on a database and no plot is ever sold twice. In fact the agents have done everything they can to ensure that the process is fair and legal.
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In fact the Moon Treaty - which applies to all celestial bodies - bans any ownership of any extraterrestrial property by any organization or person, unless that organization is international and governmental. But as the treaty has only been ratified by a handful of states, and those not spacefaring, it achieves nothing (at least until it is ratified by the superpowers, which is not likely).
I wonder how Dennis Hope (who presumably has never been to the moon, and certainly not to Venus or Mars) has 'asserted his claim' to these planets? First he would have to establish his own micronation. Then he would have to ensure a permanent presence of citizens from his micronation. A post office is good as are your community giving birth in the place in question (Argentina has been doing this in Antarctica, by shipping in a heavily pregnant woman for just this reason).
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