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Published online 1 September 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060828-10

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I'd buy you the Moon

Is it possible to buy up property in space; and should it be?

Why not buy some land on the Moon? There seems to be plenty available on the Internet, including plots going at a bargain £14.25 per acre (plus tax and fees) from the Lunar Embassy, the company selling the 'property' of American entrepreneur Dennis Hope, who infamously claimed practically all of the Solar System in 1980 because no one else had.

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