Life imitates art yet again

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Back in 1949, Robert Heinlein wrote the short story "The man who sold the moon" about an entreprenaur who sells the moon in an effort to raise enough money to finance a moon trip. It is a great little story and goes into the details of the transactions... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon

Today, I'm cruising through the news and I find this: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/1....tf8nidpt.html

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

Like the little pink bunny.. It keeps going and going and going.....