X-Message-Number: 7452 From: ( RON SELKOVITCH) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 03:40:42, -0500 Subject: Re: CryoNet #7430 - #7440 <The Universal Lunarian Society is offering for sale one-acre plots in <the fashionable Copernicus area of the Moon for a mere $50. <they plan to build a city, Lunaria, there someday. <For their 50 bucks, would-be colonists get a deed, a painting of the <proposed city, and a plot-plan showing the relative location of <lots. <Now there's a plan for the optimistic cryonicist: plunk down $50 now <and awaken 300 years from now and take up residence in your new <residence, on the moon.... <For full text, see the Jan 5 Sunday London TImes. <Randy When I first read this post my reaction was one of cynicism and I planned to write a message rejecting the possibility that capitalism would survive anywhere near 300 years, and that ownership in part of the moon would be meaningless. However, after reading the Times article I found that the $50 was, in fact, a donation used to benefit various museums and planetariums, and intended to attract membership in the society which is soliciting ideas on the design of a blueprint for the Lunar colony, My imagination has now overridden my cynicism and I thought how amusing it would be if one of the planned 'zones' (61 zones each one mile diam.,364 lots/zone) belonged entirely to cryonicists. I now plan to buy one of the lots, and if anyone else is interested, please let me know so we can coordinate our efforts and purchase in the same zone. We may even be able to name the zone in a way that promotes cryonics. Of course, I have no hope of actual possession of the lot, but I do intend to visit the location in 300 years. Ron S Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7452