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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: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. 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.

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

    He's been around since at least 2008.