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 1 Lunar Real Estate — Basic Story

A business called Lunar Embassy is selling property on the moon. It sells 175 to 200 parcels a day. People pay
$16.00 a parcel. They get a deed that says where their property is on the moon.
A treaty says that no country can own planets or moons. But it does not say that people cannot own planets or
moons. The person who runs Lunar Embassy filed a paper that says he owns them all. He is selling property on
the moon and Mars.
American astronauts have gone to the moon. They do not say they own it. One of them says you can buy a deed
if you want, but all you will have is a piece of paper.
Some people have bought deeds to moon property. One says he will sell it if someone wants to buy it. One
business bought many deeds to give to its customers.
Some people want to know if it is legal to sell deeds to lunar property. The Attorney General of California says
it may be a scam. He does not know why anyone would want to buy land on Mars.
The owner of Lunar Embassy is making $3000 to $4000 a day. He has sold 11,000 parcels on the moon and
1,000 on Mars. He says that countries that explore in space will have to buy from him. Otherwise, they will be
trespassers.

 2 astronaut

a traveler in a spaceship

 3 Attorney General

head law enforcement officer of a state or country

 4 deed

paper that shows legal ownership of property

 5 parcel

a piece of a larger piece of land

 6 property

anything a person owns, often buildings or land

 7 scam

a plan to cheat someone

 8 treaty

an agreement made between two or more countries

 9 trespasser

someone on private property without permission

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