X-Message-Number: 7460 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 21:41:52 -0500 (EST) From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <> Subject: Lunar real estate > I now plan to buy one of the lots, and if anyone else is interested, please > let me know so we can coordinate our efforts and purchase in the same zone. > We may even be able to name the zone in a way that promotes cryonics. > Of course, I have no hope of actual possession of the lot, but I do intend > to visit the location in 300 years. > My unverified recollection is that under a UN Space Treaty, everything off Earth is "the common heritage of all mankind" and, like Antarctica and non-territorial ocean locations, unable to be owned by states or individuals. Of course, lots of things can change in 300 years...! Always optimistically, Robin HL Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7460