Eros has landlords

--- In spacesettlers@y..., "Ed Minchau" wrote:
> WASHINGTON -- The soft-landing by NEAR Shoemaker on Asteroid 433
Eros has caught the attention of a group claiming they own the giant
space rock.
>
> Nemitz said his group filed a Class D property claim with the
Archimedes Institute last year. A "Claims Registry" at the institute
has been established to lower the cost of doing business in space by
helping to reduce the legal uncertainties associated with a wide
variety of space activities.
>
> more:
> http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/near_claim_010214.html
> http://www.orbdev.com/
>
> :) ed

As a private individual you too can file your own Class D claim on
orbiting rocks; upgrade to class B if you send a probe with a rover
or class A if you send a person:

http://permanent.com/archimedes/index.html

Today I laid a class D claim on the asteroids 243 Ida and 243Ida1
(Dactyl), 11 Parthenope, and 18 Melpomene. Get yours today, they are
going fast (some guy claimed several galaxies already).

:) ed