Want to have a small piece of paradise?
This is yours from $19. 99 an acre--on the moon.
You can buy a property on Venus or Mercury if you like.
Mercury is very good at this time of year.
The temperature is as high as 700 degrees, but they say it is a hot weather.
If it's too close to the hustle and bustle of the Earth, there's Mars. -33.
9 million miles from Times Square.
A Covenant with your name on it.
Checking an acre on Mars will cost you $22.
49, plus tax, plus freight (not from Mars)and handling.
The person who sold these lots was Dennis Hope, the founder and owner of Nev Gardnerville Lunar Embassy.
Claims the property rights of several celestial bodies. How many?
"Nine in total," said hopefully brightly . ".
"Pluto was still considered a planet when we started. "That was 1968.
Hope was out of work at the time, had been out of work for a year, was divorcing and living in San Francisco.
Things look bad.
He remembers that things might be better if he had only property.
"Then I saw the moon," he recalled . ".
"There are a lot of properties there, I think.
He found that the relationship between him and ownership was very small.
Just stand between the proud Cortes and Mexico, once the brave Spaniards shine.
I hope to consult-and is—
Outer space management document, Treaty of principles on the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, referred to as the Outer Space Treaty.
While the treaty explicitly prohibits countries on Earth from making territorial claims against other planets, it does not address the demands that private companies may legitimately make --
The possibility of 1968 is unimaginable.
I hope to ask the three lawyers if he can claim the right to development to the moon.
They told him they didn't know.
The third one said, "Oh, of course, why not?
"Hope is dashed.
He said he has never accepted any challenge from the ground government to his right to sell space real estate.
From selling the Moon area, hoping to expand to other properties in his nine months
Planet portfolio
The moon is his biggest seller so far. Why?
"You can have a look," he said . "
"All view properties.
"Still, he sold only about seven, according to his own estimate.
So far, 5% of the Moon
"0. 6 billion and 11 acres.
In contrast, he sold only 0. 325 billion acres of Mars.
The planet property he sells ranges from one acre to the whole country. sized parcels.
He claims that the buyers of the largest package include 1,800 companies, including two leading companies in the United States. S. hotel chains.
"The biggest property we sell is two.
66 million acres.
We sold $45,000.
The same package can give you $2 today. 66 million.
"Hope to draft a lunar constitution.
He said that as a representative of the moon, he has established relations with about 30 Earth countries.
He issued a lunar currency and made suggestions for the moon to join the International Monetary Fund.
As Hope's website shows, he is by no means an unscrupulous salesman.
Some things-
Exactly, 23 of them.
He will not sell at any price.
Including the Apollo landing point on the moon.
On Mars, the FAQ section of the Hope site addresses sites that are not sold and are not restricted, and the section asks: "Can I buy a face on Mars?
"The property is a terrain feature taken by NASA.
The early images of the package show that it seems to be a huge rock formation, shaped like a human face, with a pyramid-
Shape structure near it.
A space enthusiast believes that these functions are the product of intelligent life.
NASA's position is that the face and pyramid are illusions cast by shadows.
Hope's website explains: "Unfortunately, certain places on Mars are not sold because we firmly believe that they should be reserved for the benefit of all humanity.
This includes the famous "Face on Mars" and "Pyramid on Mars ".
"It is irresponsible for the Lunar Embassy to sell these historic areas of universal significance.