![]() ![]() But you do need a clear legal framework for doing business on the property-something the moon currently lacks.Ī separate 1979 treaty known as the Moon Agreement sets up a framework for establishing clearer rules for managing the moon's natural resources, once the use of those resources becomes feasible. You don't need to own a place to make money on it, Masson-Zwaan said. The UN treaty does apply to governments and their private citizens, which invalidates Hope's claim to the moon and other celestial bodies, she said.īut that shouldn't disappoint any prospective moon millionaires. Regardless of his current stance, Hope's original claim to the moon is simply not legal, the space-law institute's Masson-Zwaan asserts. But Hope said that the fledgling regime isn't a member of the UN and so doesn't have to abide by its laws. The fact that he's now claiming his Galactic Government has legal authority over the moon might seem problematic. The treaty prohibits countries from claiming property in space, but "I filed my claim of ownership as an individual." Legal experts counter that the UN didn't answer because it didn't have to: The moon is unclaimable under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which has so far been ratified by 100 UN member countries, including the United States. Today a deed for a plot, printed with the buyer's name, is selling online for $22.49, plus tax. To date his company has sold more than 2,500,000 1-acre (0.4-hectare) plots of lunar land, which Hope says are rich in an isotope of helium that has an earthly price tag of about U.S. ![]() The claim went unanswered, so he figured his rights were secured. The controversy began in 1980, when Hope registered his claim to the moon with the United Nations. "What Lunar Embassy is doing does not give people buying pieces of paper the right to ownership of the moon," she said. The trouble is that, legally, nobody can own the moon or anything else in space, for that matter, said Tanja Masson-Zwaan, president of the International Institute of Space Law, based in the Netherlands. "We're now a fully realized sovereign nation," Hope said. So Hope started his own government in 2004, which has a ratified constitution, a congress, a unit of currency-even a patent office. role in the first moon landing.įorty years later a Nevada entrepreneur says he owns the moon and that he's interim president of the first known galactic government.ĭennis Hope, head of the Lunar Embassy Corporation, has sold real estate on the moon and other planets to about 3.7 million people so far.Īs his customer base grew, he said, buyers wanted assurances that their property rights would be protected. You'll help him fulfill his destiny in the midst of a rebellion against LUNARK, and meet a wide cast of colorful characters, stuck on either side of the escalating conflict.On July 20, 1969, astronauts stepped onto the moon and planted an American flag-not to claim the moon but simply to commemorate the U.S. You play as Leo, a lonely young orphan with unique physical and physiological characteristics that arouse the curiosity - if not the hatred - of its fellow citizens. NOAH rules over the settlers with its droid army, and LUNARK - in geostationary orbit over Albaryne - has become a symbol of oppression for a growing part of the population. Today, Humans are about to celebrate the 300th anniversary of their arrival on their new homeworld: Albaryne. This operation was called the LUNARK initiative. It came up with a solution: transform the Moon into a giant spaceship using its core as a reactor to transport millions of embryos to the nearest superhabitable planet. On the International Lunar Station, a group of scientists built NOAH: an artificial intelligence driven supercomputer whose sole directive was to save humanity. The most optimistic forecasts predicted that the human race could survive for just another 10 years. THE STORYLong time ago, Earth became increasingly unsustainable. Run, jump, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations! LUNARK is a 2D cinematic platformer in the vein of the '90s classics. About This Game THE GAMEA pulp adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime. ![]()
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