Lunar Society Announces Release Of Latest Moon
Properties
Sales of latest tract will benefit commercial
exploration of the Moon, advocacy group says.
NEW YORK /Lunar Journal/
— The Lunar Republic Society, the largest international
organization dedicated to privatized exploration, settlement and
development of the Moon, has announced the release of its latest
property tract in the Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds).
The tract, which encompasses 4,000
acres, has been provisionally zoned for tourism, scientific
industrial and commercial industrial use, according to David
Ferrell Jackson, North America market manager for the Lunar
Registry, the authorized land claim sales agency representing
the Lunar Republic Society.
“The Clouds region has been one of
our most popular areas since we began offering properties in
1999,” Jackson said. “This latest release is in a highly
desirable section of Clouds, adjacent to our other tracts, and
will be perfect for future development as a tourist destination
and permanent settlement.”
The initial release price per acre
for properties within the tract -- the seventh offered by the
organization in the Sea of Clouds -- is US$29.95 (€25.36 at the
current exchange rate). For a limited time, a special discounted
price of US$45.00 (€38.10) is offered on the purchase of two
acres in the new tract.
As part of a unique program to
raise funds for privatized exploration of the Moon, the Lunar
Republic Society offers land claims to select areas on the Moon
to the public. The properties offered represent less than 2% of
the total lunar surface. The Society expects to raise
US$3-billion through the program, with a goal of establishing
permanent settlements on the Moon by 2015.
During the past year, the Society
has added several prominent new owners to its land claim
program, including Steve Wynn of Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts,
Ltd., and Stelios Haji-Ioannou of easyGroup (UK) Ltd.,
headquartered in London.
Wynn Resorts currently controls 225
acres of prime land in the Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity),
which may be developed into a resort and entertainment complex
in the future. The Wynn properties are located near a proposed
transportation hub that will service the northern Serenity
region.
 The
burgeoning easyGroup (http://www.easy.com), known for its
“easy”-branded ventures, including easyJet, easyHotel and
easyCruise, currently controls a key 250-acre section of land in
the Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapors), which is zoned primarily for
tourism and will eventually be the location of a major
operations base, according to the Society.
In addition to its lunar land
claims program, the Lunar Republic Society has also developed
the most successful commercially-available lunar photomap
software ever released to the public, the Full Moon Atlas
(http://www.fullmoonatlas.com), and successfully advocated the
removal of a crater named for an accused Nazi war criminal, Dr.
Hans Eppinger, Jr., by the International Astronomical Union.
The Lunar Republic Society is a
registered International Business Company (IBC #519589)
currently authorized to operate in more than 200 nations around
the world, including the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, China, Japan and India, as well
as all other nations in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
The Society’s main operations hubs
are in Hong Kong and on the Isle of Man (U.K.). It maintains a
satellite office in Manhattan for business operations in the
United States and Canada.
Sea Of Clouds Property Information:
http://www.lunarregistry.com/land/clouds.shtml
Sea Of Clouds Property Map:
http://www.lunarrepublic.com/atlas/sections/f3.shtml
This report was
compiled by Lunar Journal from staff and wire service reports.
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