Who owns the moon?

[Gary70]

I came across this http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-owns-moon-country-really-060000900.html

And it got me to thinking, who does/will own the moon?

I remember an old girlfriend buying me an acre of the moon years ago, I still have the certificate, I wonder if it is actually legally binding? maybe my great great great great grand children could build a home on my acre

[allcart]

Its the first guy to stick a flag in it.

[Peter Drew]

The USA then?

[Space Dragon]

I think it's The Clangers........

[Islander]

Nobody.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

[Shecks]

I'd say Mr Spoon owns it, by all accounts (91 episodes) he's spent the most amount of time there.

Shecks

[L8-Nite]

No one owns anything, you only have use of some things while your alive.

[Moonshane]

the same person who owns the Earth.

[MushroomBill]

I thought it was this guy's property...

[cosmojaydee]

The moon is owned by time its self, it will do as it please, when it chooses to do, with any body in the cosmos

[ollypenrice]

the same person who owns the Earth.

That would be us. Our gunships conquered it around 4 billion years ago and planted some evolutionarlily programmed seeds intended to provide us with a crop a delicatessen meats for our royal tables, where only the brains of planetary top predators are eaten. However, owing to an unforseen complication the creatures turned out to be rather bitter and unpleasant and their brains uneconomically small. We have never bothered to harvest the crop.

We will not be back.

Antidiloviocentradicharian.

[rowan46]

Nobody.

http://en.wikipedia...._Space_Treaty��

I just thought i would point out that china are not signatories to the treaty

[Kai]

I just thought i would point out that china are not signatories to the treaty

Nor are the Vogons

[steve_bham]

I own it! Well an acre anyway. The certificate is genuine honest!

[Mikester]

I own the moon. Well, all but one acre of it. I am selling it off a a dollar per sq/ft. Please feel free to fund my Paypal account for as much you'd like

On a serious note- whoever gets there first and begins exlploiting its resources will technically "own" it. After that, it is likely to become a battleground once the competition starts trickling in. Which in a way is kind of bleak considering that any battles for territory on the moon are sure to have implications here on Earth.

What a great philosophical question~

[Alan_B]

If anyone on here wishes to buy the moon I am prepared to sell it at a very reasonable price

[Pig]

Aken Drum owns the moon.

I thought evryone knew that

[ollypenrice]

There's a poem about this by Carl Sandburg. It's pretty memorable.

Olly (Sometime teacher of English Lit...)

‘Get Off This Estate

‘Get off this estate.’

‘What for?’

‘Because it’s mine.’

‘Where did you get it?’

‘From my father.’

‘Where did he get it?’

‘From his father.’

‘And where did he get it?’

‘He fought for it.’

‘Well, I’ll fight you for it’

- Carl Sandburg

[Treeden]

By a surprising coincidence, the moon is owned by the very same fleas that own the dog.

[fondofchips]

I thought it was this guy's property...

This is obviously the correct answer!

Well done MushroomBill!

[floppygoose]

I own it! Well an acre anyway. The certificate is genuine honest!

You're welcome to it - I've staked a claim in Betelgeuse, now that could really go somewhere!

Phil

[steve_bham]

You're welcome to it - I've staked a claim in Betelgeuse, now that could really go somewhere!

Phil

Oh I own that as well. But you can pay me the rent for it!

[J_M_Franklin]

It could be this fellow...

[RikM]

I just thought i would point out that china are not signatories to the treaty

The map suggests they signed and ratified the treaty and it is available to download in Chinese if so desired?

[Eco Penguin]

The divine creator of the moon..

Gravity, or the clangers.