The Case for Lunar Property Rights

History has proven that humans need only 2 reasons to go anywhere, let alone to go to the moon. One there's got to be something there that we want and two there's got to be someone there who already has it.

So while there may be plenty of the former, there's none of the latter, henceforth, there's no reason to go there because there is no one to overrun, slaughter, pillage, rape, take into slavery or play a game of scrabble with.

If there were a bunch of little green scrabble-playing men up there, we'd have colonized the whole damn thing 3 times over by now. And that's only because if there is one thing humans can't stand more than someone else having something they want, its because they hate being beaten at anything, especially scrabble.

(If anyone happens to get this far, please consult your Hitchhiker's Guide and it will all make perfect sense)

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You missed the other 2 possibilites...
The Green critters could be edible or shaggable

Del

Darn it I keep coming up with 42?

Possession and keeping possession is ownership. The 1979 Treaty was a political maneuver.

The Moon is all the things Man wants to possess. Materials, Real estate, Energy- all resources, and a small gravity well for further space exploration.

The political problem is it takes a Saturn V to put on the moon what a V2 can return.

My opinion is "He who rules the moon will rule/Govern the Earth". That is if we live that long at our current tech level or higher.

Brad

As Robert Heinlein described in "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress", anyone with some lunar real estate and a couple of decently sized mass drivers can pretty much call the shots for the entire Earth population.

I wouldn't want anyone claiming lunar real estate but me!!

Trivia note - "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" is also where "TANSTAAFL" originated.

Is there any waterfront property still available?

Hello Brave Sir Robin

There are plenty of "mares' up there.

Mare is Latin for Sea.

I am given to understand that beachfront property sales have taken off.

Kind Regards....

I'm sure many in the legal profession would love the whole world to get in a big legal battle over this.