Buying land on Mars
In 1967 there was an outer space treaty that every nation in the world signed. It stated no nation or government could claim title to our solar system, it did not say t no idividual or corporation could claim title to it. So in 1980 a man named Hope filed a Declaration of Ownership stating that he claimed title to Earth's moon, all planets and their moons. Hope realised there was a loophole in the United Nations Outer Space Treaty of 1967. "That basically says that no country or government can lay claim to extraterrestrial land, but it forgot to say no person could. He filed his declaration with the San Francisco County Court Office, the UN, the former USSr and the United States Government, and since then in 1980 he has been selling celestial real estate worldwide.Legal experts agree that private ownership of the Moon is not explicitly forbidden in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 which states that only governments are not allowed to own lunar or celestial property. The Outer Space Treaty has been ratified by 157 nations as well as all space faring nations. Efforts to explore Mars are benefiting a Cornish website selling plots of land. St Austell firm Moonestates.com. As this company bought some of land and is selling it too. When Bush announced the Moon is to be used as a stepping stone for a mission to Mars this excited a flood of interest in Martian property.
Often the companies find they have more offer when a big space mission to Mars is on. But if anyone does buy a plot and wants to visit, they will have to prepare to wrap up warm as the temperatures drop to about -73C at midnight. They will also have to their own air, as they will not be able to breathe the thin atmosphere. Sites of scientific interest have been put aside for all of mankind such as the face on Mars.
In 1997, three men in Yemen sued NASA for landing on their inheritance – planet Mars.
Numerous group seem involved in selling land on the planet, with different claims.
Treaty on Principles Governing
the Activities of States
in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including
the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
The Outer Space Treaty was considered
by the Legal Subcommittee in 66 and agreement was reached in the General Assembly
in the same year. The Treaty was largely based on the Declaration of Legal Principles
Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space,
which had been adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 1962 (XVIII)
in 1963, but added a few new provisions. The Treaty was opened for signature by
the 3 depository Governments (the Soviet Union, the UK and the USA) in January
1967, and it entered into force in October 1967. The Outer Space Treaty provides
the basic framework on international space law, including the following principles:
Exploration
and use of outer space shall be carried out for benefit and in interests of all
nations and shall be the province of all mankind;
outer space shall be free
for exploration and use by all States;
outer space is not subject to national
appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any
other means;
States shall not place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass
destruction in orbit or celestial bodies or station them in outer space in any
other manner;
the Moon and other celestial bodies shall be used exclusively
for peaceful purposes;
astronauts shall be regarded as envoys of mankind;
States shall be responsible for national space activities whether carried
out by governmental or non-governmental activities;
States shall be liable
for damage caused by their space objects; and
States shall avoid harmful
contamination of space and celestial bodies.
98 States have ratified, and
an additional 27 have signed the Outer Space Treaty (as of 1 January 2006).For
further information, see the Treaty Status Index.
The Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies is available in the following languages and formats.
Some argue that no one can own any land
on the planet
A reason for invalidating claims is a lack of corpus possidendi.
Many say someone has to have visited the land before it can be owned by anyone.
Or that only a government can decide who owns the land. In the west many were
evicted from land by the police. It could be 1000's of years before the planet
is colonised so owning the land may be as useful as owning, land in a computer
game that no one plays.
Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun in the solar system. Named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Mars is also known as "The Red Planet" due to the reddish appearance. Until the first flyby of Mars by Mariner 4 in 65, it was thought Mars had channels of liquid water. We now know these channels don't exist. Still, of any planet in our solar system after Earth, Mars is the most likely to harbour liquid water, and perhaps life. It is the only planet besides Earth with seasons. It also has a rotational period nearly the same as our own (23 hour rotation).
Google has
expanded its online mapping services, offering ordinary users the chance to explore
the surface of an alien planet for the very first time.
Google Mars allows
users to view the surface of the Red Planet either by a colour-coded altitude
map, black and white photographs, or an infra-red map.
Factoid
list on planet
Orbit 227 940 000 km mean from Sun
Diameter 6794 km
Martian day (sol) 24 hours, 37 mins 22 seconds
Martian year 669 Martian days
(sols), 687 Earth days
Average temperature 218 K (-55 C degrees )
Minimum
temperature 140K (-133 C degrees ) (winter pole)
Maximum temperature 300K
(27 C degrees ) (summer )
Surface area 144 x 106 km2, about the same as the
land
It has the highest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons, the largest canyon in the solar system, Valles Marineris, and polar ice caps.
Moons Phobos - diameter 22 km, orbit 5981 km from surface
Deimos - diameter 12 km, orbit 20,062 km area of Earth
Atmospheric pressure
at surface 6.35 mbar, that is less than one hundredth Earth's atmospheric pressure.
Atmospheric composition 95.32 per cent carbon dioxide, 2.7 per cent nitrogen,
1.6 per cent argon, 0.13 per cent oxygen
A Nasa website for scientists
to help them chose potential landing sites on Mars is becoming a great hit with
the public as well.
other lanaguage terms for planet
Marte = Spain
Maurs = Scots
birthplace of Indian Presidents
birthplace of Australian PMs
birthplace of Canadian PMs
birthplace of Irish PMs
birthplace of European Union presidents
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