Additional FAQ's About Land Claims Recognition
The following are additional FAQ's that address the lunar land claims recognition concept. See the main FAQ's page for more.
1. Does the average person here on Earth who might purchase lunar land as an investment realize the environment outside our atmosphere is hostile?
By the time it is possible to purchase Lunar or Martian
land under a Land Claims Recognition law, there will have
to have been a settlement established and a functioning
space line going back and forth carrying paying passengers.
That means there will have been an extraordinary amount
publicity about conditions there, including extensive news
coverage of the establishment of the settlement and space
line, with lots of live, high definition broadcasts back to Earth.
Even the most ignorant people will have to really have
absolutely no interest in what's going on around them
to escape getting a full education - and those are probably
not the ones who would want to buy land, or a ticket, in any case.
Of course, consumer protection laws would require anyone
trying to sell a land deed to very clearly disclose all relevant
facts, which would certainly include the extreme temperatures
and lack of air and water.
I think most people will understand that owning lunar land is
like investing in raw, undeveloped land on Earth. You buy it
relatively cheap, despite the difficult conditions, and then if
someday someone decides to build a Helium 3 mining facility,
or a solar panel array, or a spaceport (or a shopping mall) on
your acreage then you'll get rich.
In the meantime, there will plenty of brave scientists
and adventurous spirits who will understand the risks and
conditions on the Moon, but will go there anyway to do the work
that will needs to be done. - or take the vacation of a lifetime.