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New photos Lunokhod the former Soviet Union 2 rover on the moon, which is owned by an American millionaire, is the legal origin of the noise which may be the owner of the lunar surface. . . .
. . . American entrepreneur Richard Garriott is a developer of video games very successful Thurs He is also passionate about space and the son of the scientist-astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on both Skylab 3 mission in 1973 aboard the Shuttle mission STS-9 space-Columbia in 1983.
In 1993, Richard Garriott bought two of the Soviet Luna 21 lander and the rover Lunokhod 2.The agreement was reached at a Sotheby's auction in New York space. . . .
. . . Additionally, Garriott has had informal conversations with lawyers on international law and property rights on the moon.
In the right space real moon, with Lunokhod 2 is one thing. But it is anchored on a lunar land involve a level of ownership?
'I think I can really only private legitimate claim to the territory - at least around my Rover and, potentially, throughout its point of travel ", Garriott said:" give me property rights effect on the moon."
Garriott said that his statement is somewhat in jest.
"But it is interesting speculation ... and I think there is already an international framework to support this claim, he said....
. . . . Enter space lawyer, Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz. She is director of the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law and Research Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi.
"The strength of a good depends in large part the right to the integrity of documents to commemorate the law," said Gabrynowicz SPACE.com via e-mail."That's why home buyers to search before buying the title. They want to be sure that the title is good....
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