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Lord British's Lost Lunar Rover Found, After 37 Years

Posted by timothy on from the where-did-you-put-it-down? dept.

Lanxon writes "The guy behind Ultima Online once bought an old Russian rover, despite it being lost on the moon somewhere. And now, using images released by NASA, it has been located on the moon's surface after nearly four decades of being MIA, reports Wired. Richard Garriott, who created the Ultima Online multiplayer game, bought the Lunokhod 2 in a Sotheby's auction in New York in 1998. And so new was the discovery of his lost possession, he hadn't even heard that the craft had been discovered when Wired spoke to him." (Richard Garriott is also well known as Lord British.)

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  1. Proof he owns the moon. by Qwell · · Score: 4, Informative

    At one point, Richard Garriott declared himself to be ruler of the moon, based on him being the only non-government entity to own anything physically on the moon.

    It's a shame he doesn't make that claim more public.

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    1. Re:Proof he owns the moon. by earlymon · · Score: 5, Informative

      At one point, Richard Garriott declared himself to be ruler of the moon, based on him being the only non-government entity to own anything physically on the moon.

      Oooooook.

      http://www.lunarembassy.com/

      http://www.lunarregistry.com/

      http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/20/lunar.land/

      One thing's clear: he's about to owe someone, somewhere, for parking.

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    2. Re:Proof he owns the moon. by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 2, Informative

      And Rainz.

  2. Re:And the photos of the moon landing site are... by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here.

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  3. Re:...what? by spleen_blender · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah, he should rightfully be remembered as that guy who got killed while in god mode in the game he created.

    http://www.gamestooge.com/2009/01/02/feature-the-day-lord-british-died/

  4. Re:...what? by amicusNYCL · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know who "Yahtzee" is, other than a Hasbro trademark, but Richard Garriot has been making video games since the late 70s as Lord British. If you haven't heard of him before 2010, it's not because he's been quiet.

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  5. Re:creator of Ultima Online? by spiderbitendeath · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nope, it was on my C64.

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  6. Never lost by mbone · · Score: 4, Informative

    Lunokhod 2 has been returning Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) pulses since the early 1970's. Not only is it not lost, its position is known to a centimeter or better.

    Finding Lunokhod 1, which has been missing since 1971, would be a real coup, especially if LLR returns could be obtained from it.

    1. Re:Never lost by approachingZero+ · · Score: 1, Informative

      That's very interesting. Have you ever seen 'Tank on the Moon?' http://science.discovery.com/tv/tank/tank.html Those were some real engineers.

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  7. "Britishing" hehe... by Guppy · · Score: 3, Informative

    What the hell are you talking about? The only reason I play UO is for all the "Britishing": paying real world dollars to people for cyber-sex, then player killing them as I climax. That's the only reason anyone plays UO - all the violent sex. Jesus, man, where have you been?

    Remember Old Man Murray reviews? Coined the term "Britishing":
    http://www.oldmanmurray.com/shortreviews/sr5.html

  8. Re:A little off-topic... by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, and it is very much worth linking to.

    http://www.u5lazarus.com/

    Many of the same people have been working on an Ultima VI remake, and a generic platform for Ultima remakes continuing the U5-Lazarus code.

    http://u6project.com/

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  9. Re:Was that worth it? by iprefermuffins · · Score: 5, Informative

    He's been around since at least 2008.