Does the US gov or anyone else "own" the moon?
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No government can lay claim to the Moon!\n\n§ 7.3.1.1 International and National Laws\n\nThe 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits governments from making territorial claims of celestial bodies, e.g., the first man on the Moon could not claim the Moon for his country, and likewise for Mars, and other bodies in space.\n\nJust one among many international laws through the U.N.\n\nHOWEVER!!!!\n\nThere are no international treaties that keep private claims from being made.  Meaning that there isn't any international law keeping you or anyone else from claiming territory on bodies in space.\n\nSo good luck defining the boundaries of your claim and enforcing your boundaries Integrity.
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Lots of things make people say that. There are pieces of evidence pointing in both directions (yes/no). I'm not sure what to believe, myself. I'm kind of leaning toward no, simply because the claims against the moon landing make sense, and the attempts to refute those claims don't sound very credible.\n\nBut honestly, I don't really care. Maybe we did, maybe we didn't. Unless you went yourself, or helped fake the whole thing, or are given adequate proof, you really can't know for sure.
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Why do morons insist on making something out of absolutely nothing?!  OF COURSE WE LANDED ON THE MOON!  Do you think all those incredible images from space were a hoax as well?!  Ask Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and all the men who have been on the moon to show you their private photos and to share their recollections!  Must we continue to perpetuate these ignorant and unfounded stories of hoaxes??!!  Take a deep breath, switch to decaf, and join the REAL world!!  ANY of our satellites can pinpoint EXACTLY where each of the remnants of our Apollo landing equipment is, and all the flags and instruments that were left behind!!  For God's sake, people: remove the poles that have long been residing in your rear ends, as well as the remnants of retardation that were left behind in your brains!!!
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Good grief -- I've only been visiting this site for a month, and this is about the fifteenth time someone has asked this same ludicrous question.\n\nYes, we landed on the moon. \nYes, we went back several times. \nYes, we left things on the moon that can still be seen today. \nYes, we left a flag on the moon -- but it wasn't flapping in the breeze in the famous photo: its momentum after being unfurled has kept it moving in the absence of anything to slow it down.\n\nYes, we brought back samples of dust and rocks that have been studied for nearly 40 years. And there's nothing like them anywhere on Earth.\n\nNo, we haven't gone back since the landings because there are no economically viable reasons to do so in this modern era of cost-effectiveness and the bottom line driving science. But just because we haven't been back doesn't mean we were never there in the first place.\n\nThe U.S. was in a major competition with the Soviets to prove our scientific superiority. If we'd never landed on the moon, and it was all a sham, do you think the thousands of NASA employees would be able to keep the secret? Do you think every other nation in the world would remain complicit in the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated"?\n\nIsn't there a FAQ on Yahoo Answers that could put this baby to rest??  I can't believe that people still think this was some kind of hoax!
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Nothing is impossible now, with the development of science and technology.  But we should all be careful as not to do what the US did...staging it on a studio to look like the astronauts have really landed on the moon!  fooled us! but not for long, right?
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we never went there in the first place it was a hoax to show the world that the USA was Superior to the USSR . they cant do a hoax  now because the technology the public have is to good . if we did go and it was possible to resist the radiation on the moon we would have company's sending people there all the time look at all the money they would make . where there is money there is a will . but if it is not possible then no one will try.
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Your question has been answered.  In fact, even the largest telescopes do not have the resolving capacity to see a flag on the moon.  \n\nWhy would you think it was faked?
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I'm not sure. I believe it is real though. Wish I had some solid proof to back it up. Perhaps we wont know for sure untill civilians are able to land freely on the moon and see for themselves. Until that happens fully, we just have to rely on faith.
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I have my doubts.\n\nBoth the US and China both have aims at going to the moon within the next couple of decades, but I havent seen much progresss by either nation to take such a big leap forward from their current space program.\n\nChina just launched its first person into space a few years ago, I havent heard much after that.\n\nThe US has already been there so they are probably in the best position to do it again.  NASA however is still trying to squeeze what it can out of the remaining orbiters in order to complete the international space station, besides that and trying to launch as many probes as it is, they can hardly find time to plan for what is replace the shuttle, much less going to the moon and beyond.
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I own a very fine acre of the light side of the moon. It's kinda left a bit from the middle. I could send you a map.
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No one else had flown around the moon. \n\nIts analogous to Lindy's flight across the atlantic. It may seem like they didn't accomplish much in hindsight, but consider the time -- no on from this planet had ever even approached another astronomic body. Much less, had anyone orbited it.\n\nThose of us who remember Apollo 8 (I think I was about 10) know the exhilaration of knowing the US had beat the pants off the Soviets. Star Trek was in its first season - good God, put it in perspective. We had 3 goddamn TV channels.
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Because the US has landed people on the moon........ in the 60s I believe........ do your research.
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Those deeds aren't recognized by any country. That came about because in some UN resolution they decided that no COUNTRY could claim the moon as it's own, or any territory on it. But, they didn't mention individuals or companies... so theoreticaly, a person can claim a peice of the moon, but no court or anything would defend that claim. It's been done before too, but lots of people.
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Yes, I believe man has really visited the moon. Propaganda for what purpose? To beat the Russians? Please don't drink any kool-aid.
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All the world governments conspired to cover up the fact that the moon landings did not happen because they needed to develop the necessary rocket technology for war. Holland teaches their children in school that it did not happen. They were in the position to know. Do your own research on that one.\nLook a the book called 'Full Moon' by Michael Light, June 1999. There are six pages in the center of the book that contain 'rectangular suns'. All of the pictures that were ever in dispute are in the book. Use your common sense and look for your self. \nLook at the capsule, if there were parachutes at one end and a heat shield at the other, how did they transfer to the lunar lander?\nThey flew all the way to the moon with two seventy-seven pound computers that only had 48k memory each, uh huh, I've got a bridge to sell you.\nAnybody that has knowledge of thermal dynamics can tell you that the cooling systems that the astro-nots wore would not dissipate enough heat to keep them cool. NASA insists that they were water cooled units, guess what it takes an atmosphere for evaporation to take place. Next what about the lack of a blast zone on the moon by the lander that supposedly created 10,000 pounds of thrust.\nIf they actually did it 35 years ago why will it take them until 2018 to do it again?\nI've been studying this for years and I could go on for hours. Lastly I'll leave you with this thought, why did Walter Cronkite always end the show about a mission with these words? "Brought to you through the magic of Hollywood"\nIt couldn't have happened and it didn't, nothing to get your shorts in a bunch over. \nBut thank you for keeping an open mind, name calling is never nice and too many will call you unpatriotic or stupid or other less desirable names. Don't let yourself be bullied by politics.\nKeep the faith and keep asking the hard questions.\nYours truly,\nMycroft
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The government will easily admit that the area known commonly as Area 51 is owned by the govt. They're even cool with people knowing that it's used to testing the more secret types of planes, weapons, etc. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
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YOU ARE RIGHT.\nAmerica is making fool, they never landed on moon, it is all fake story.