Today I Found Out
The Bizarre Story of the Man Who Sold the Moon (2019x198)
Fecha de emisión: Jul 29, 2019
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Back in the halcyon days of the 1980s, when all people of the world had to worry about was total annihilation via widespread nuclear war, an American called Dennis Hope made international news when he revealed that after exploiting a loophole in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, he had become the sole owner of our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon. Since then, Hope has made a small fortune selling off pieces of the satellite’s surface.
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http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/intromoon-agreement.html
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http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties.html
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/location-location-location
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_2#Present_ownership
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott
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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/03/25/meet-the-man-who-owns-the-moon
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/people-have-been-claiming-to-own-the-moon-for-over-250-years
http://moonsayles.net16.net/
http://www.lunarembassy.com/head-cheese/
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/ive-owned-the-moon-since-1980
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