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Lord British Claims He Owns the Moon

Posted by Soulskill on from the enjoy-the-property-tax dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following the recent discovery of Richard Garriott's old moon rover, the man known as Lord British has laid claim to his own lunar territory. Moon dwellers, all hail your new overlord!"

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  1. He needs to move there to claim it by hobbes64 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It is possible that someday a group of private (super rich) citizens or a corporation will make some spaceships and fly to the moon, build a lunar base there, and live there. It is possible for them to do it long before a government does it. That would be really interesting because they could reasonably claim the moon as theirs. The response of various countries to this claim would be even more interesting. I'll bet there would be a lot more interest in going to the moon right away to move out those squatters.

  2. Re:Property Values by __aasqbs9791 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Then he needs to build a Dyson Sphere. ;^)

  3. Re:Property Values by Hurricane78 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Simple. We declare, that as he now has his own land, he and that land, is a country. And that that country just declared war upon us.
    *BOOOM*
    Done. ^^

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