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‘The Man Who Sells the Moon’ - NYTimes.com
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‘The Man Who Sells the Moon’
By Simon Ennis
The Man Who Sells The Moon: This short documentary profiles Dennis Hope, a Nevada entrepreneur who has earned millions, under questionable legal authority, selling plots of land on the moon.
By SIMON ENNIS
Published: March 10, 2013
The notion that one man can lay claim to all the extraterrestrial bodies in our little corner of the galaxy sounds preposterous. Yet Dennis M. Hope, 65, of Gardnerville, Nev., the subject of this Op-Doc video, believes just that. For three decades, he has built a thriving business by “selling” land plots in space, on places like the moon, Mars and Venus. Of course, he has no legal authority to do so. How does he get away with this? He told me that, back when he was a ventriloquist in the days before he “owned” the moon, his dummy taught him a valuable lesson: you can say anything you want to anybody as long as you smile.