Chinese Company Shut Down For Selling Land On The Moon

[Hardrock69]

A Chinese company has had its license suspended after it tried to make money by selling land on the moon.

The Beijing Lunar Village Aeronautics Science and Technology Co. managed to sell large swathes of pristine lunar property before being shut down, the state -owned Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.

The company, claiming to act on behalf of an entity referred to as the Lunar Embassy in China, charged 298 yuan (37 US dollars) for each acre (0.4 hectare) on the moon, according to the report.

Each lucky new owner of lunar soil was issued a "certificate" that ensured property ownership including rights to use the land and minerals up to three kilometers (1.9 miles) underground, Xinhua said.

Li Jie, CEO of Lunar Embassy, said that 34 clients bought 49 acres (20 hectares) of land on the moon in the first three days after his company became operational last month.
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Now I find it kind of ridiculous, as there are several websites where you can buy land on the Moon, or any number of planets (and their moons) in our Solar System.

http://www.planetaryinvestments.com/

http://www.moonestates.com/

http://www.lunarregistry.com/

[Hardrock69]

After doing some digging, I found out that the president of that company in China says they actually just opened a "distributorship" for the U.S.-based "Lunar Embassy".

http://www.moonshop.com/

Here is some more info on the owner of that company:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040202.html

[The Scatologist]

Did royrobson buy some land?

[Hardrock69]

Dunno...perhaps he moved there tho...

[Alex Mogilny]

Silly Chinese....don't they know that the Moon is owned by the BCE?
There might be some up there!

[franksters]

john holmes should consider it!