Suman Debnath claims to have bought the land from International Lunar Society. (Representative image) A teacher from Tripura claims to have gifted himself one acre of Moon land on Valentine's Day. The man said he was inspired by Bollywood starts who also own property on the Moon.
iStock Suman Debnath, from Sabroom of South Tripura District, paid Rs 6,000 to International Lunar Society to buy one acre of land on the Moon.
Several individuals and private organizations claimed ownership of the moon and other extraterrestrial bodies, but no such claims have yet been recognized.
Forget Earth, Tripura man gifts himself a piece of land on the Moon for Rs 6,000. Suman Debnath, from Sabroom of South Tripura District, paid Rs 6,000 to International Lunar Society to buy one acre of land on the Moon.
Well, according to the treaty signed by the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom you cannot legally purchase land on the moon. The Treaty prevents “a new form of colonial competition” therefore no one can purchase a plot of land on the moon.
While Shah Rukh Khan received a piece of moon as a gift from a fan, Sushant Singh Rajput bought a piece of land on the moon.
Unexpected gold: on the Moon
Satellite imaging has shown that the top 10 centimetres of regolith (moon soil) at the south pole of the moon appear to hold about 100 times more gold than the richest mines on earth.
NASA is on a mission to explore a Greek-named asteroid called 16 Psyche that contains a double-edged sword. Made completely of metal, it boasts enough gold to either make every person on Earth a billionaire—or to collapse the gold market and destabilize the entire global financial world.
Scientists have found evidence of cubic zirconia in Moon rocks, showing that the universe not only holds diamonds, but its own fire-safe knock-offs.
The moon is actually an excellent source of building materials, water, fuel, oxygen and other useful resources but some of these are highly localised while others need to be processed before they can be used.
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first of 12 human beings to walk on the Moon. Four of America's moonwalkers are still alive: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17).
Basically, the treaty says space belongs to everyone. It's a global commons. And because governments can't control land on the moon, individuals can't own land on the moon. You need a government to recognize land ownership.
As per one online lunar real estate agency, the Sea of Tranquility offers 1 acre (approximately 43,560 sq ft, or 4,047 sq mtrs) costs US $37.50 (Rs 1758.75) and the actor owns several acres there. The superstar owns several acres there. It is the most sought-after address on the moon.
It is practically not possible to buy land on the moon. According to the Outer Space Treaty, which is signed by the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom in 1967, buying land on the Moon is considered to be illegal. There are 109 countries, including India, that have signed the Outer Space Treaty.
There are many benefits to buying land on the moon, including the fact that it could be a valuable investment. The moon is a natural resource that could be used for mining resources, as well as for constructing habitats or settlements.
Before him, actor Shah Rukh Khan was gifted a piece of land on the moon by a fan. Sushant bought a piece of lunar land on the far side of the moon, in a region called the Mare Muscoviense or the 'Sea of Muscovy. ' He had bought the property from the International Lunar Lands Registry. We miss you, Sushant!
The Outer Space Treaty means therefore that - no matter whose national flags are planted on the lunar surface - no nation can 'own' the Moon.
1. The Family Of Queen Elizabeth II Of Great Britain. Although recently deceased, the Queen's royal family will inherit the leadership, which makes them the technical owners of the country. The total size of the British Commonwealth is an astounding 6.75 Billion acres.
The very first nation to reach the surface of the moon was the USSR (Russia), whose unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 impacted the moon' surface on 12 September 1959. While Luna 2 was the first probe to land on the moon, it had been designed to crash-land into the surface (a "hard landing") rather than conduct a soft landing.
The United States, the Soviet Union and China are the three nations which have successfully landed their spacecraft on the moon. And, the US is the only country to have ever put people on the moon. Russia (the USSR), Japan, China, the European Space Agency (ESA), and India have all made visits to the moon via probes.
The mineral, dubbed Changesite-(Y), is the sixth mineral discovered on the Moon by humankind and the first new mineral discovered on the Moon by China, making it the third country in the world, after the US and Russia, to discover a lunar mineral.
The moon isn't so barren after all. A 2009 NASA mission—in which a rocket slammed into the moon and a second spacecraft studied the blast—revealed that the lunar surface contains an array of compounds, including gold, silver, and mercury, according to PBS.
Without a moon the tilt of our earth's axis would vary over time. This could create some very wild weather. Right now, thanks to our moon, our axis stays tilted at twenty-three point five degrees. But without the moon the earth might tilt too far over or hardly tilt at all leading to no seasons or even extreme seasons.
If the planet were to come to an abrupt halt, the angular momentum imparted to the air, water and even rocks along the equator would keep moving at this speed of 1,100 mph. The movement would scour the surface while ripping it apart and sending shards into the upper regions of the atmosphere and outer space.