Space - the property hotspot

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SCOTSMAN
Mon 26 Jul 2004
JACQUI GODDARD IN MIAMI


OWNING a piece of outer space has, until now, been the preserve of only the most fantastical websites. You can have a star named after you for £25 or even follow the lead of Nicole Kidman and Tom Hanks and buy an acre of the moon for an economical £11.

But fears have now been raised that space, once the final frontier, could become the new wild west unless new intergalactic property laws are drawn up and agreed.

Advocates of space development - who have long fought for clarity on the issue of who owns what - have been buoyed by a recommendation on the subject by the Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond, set up by George Bush, the United States president.

The commission says 37 years of legal limbo is limiting the incentive for extraterrestrial enterprise, exploration and the quest for cleaner forms of energy. "Potentially, this uncertainty could strangle a nascent space-based industry in its cradle," it warned.

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link: http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=852952004

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All it takes is putting a marker upon the item of your choice, kinda like the wild west once was... I have dibs on the Sun, but I fear lawsuits over it's current activity...