# Who owns the moon? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494 "2015-06-26T00:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/41 "2015-06-27T10:49:52Z")
If anyone wants to own it [you better hurry…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csj7vMKy4EI) ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/42 "2015-06-27T12:39:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > That just means the Moon has surrendered. > > And I accept their surrender. [You are hardly the first one to come up with that idea.](http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3052) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/43 "2015-06-27T13:09:12Z")
> [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](#): > > Kotzash Mutual. There are valuable minerals there, honest. Why else would we be mining all over the place? Just for a Larque, I expect. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/44 "2015-06-27T16:02:59Z")
God owns the moon, everybody knows that.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/45 "2015-06-27T16:04:49Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > Just for a Larque, I expect. It would seem so… on the face of it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/46 "2015-06-27T18:44:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What resources are actually worth strip mining for on the moon exactly? Is there anything up there, that isn’t down here? Not that I’m aware of anyway. The [Master speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3080/what-s-the-moon-worth) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/47 "2015-06-27T20:35:27Z")
Several people own different plots on the moon, but they’re selling fast. Hurry now while supplies last!! [https://www.moonestates.com](https://www.moonestates.com) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494/48 "2015-06-27T21:32:43Z")
No one owns the moon because [it doesn’t exist](http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-moon/723494.md?page=2)