"Such things are normally shallow gimmicks with no associated importance - but not ours. This is a world first and will be huge in 2017.
"After genuine high-level negotiation with UN officials we are now just awaiting the agreement of a COPUOS member to propose to committee that our claim be appraised for Right to Due Process.
"So, why is our claim being treated so seriously? And how can we possibly have a legally valid claim to land on Mars?
"Well, the answer involves cosmology, laser science, morse code, public international law and space law.
"It has been assessed favorably by top legal and scientific academics.
"With a claim that is very consistent with the legal proof requirements for acquisition of difficult, distant or relatively barren terrain - on Earth... but applied also to Mars - and is not blocked by any elements of the OST, we can justify an international legal right to due process.
"While we would have a genuine chance of securing title ownership of celestial land, this is not an absolute requirement for us.
"With the 50th anniversary of OST being next year, we anticipate much media attention.
"This will enable us to focus on our campaign goal - shedding light on the need for the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) to update the OST before it is dangerously dropped by space faring nations - something that looks to be a very real risk."
"After genuine high-level negotiation with UN officials we are now just awaiting the agreement of a COPUOS member to propose to committee that our claim be appraised for Right to Due Process.
"So, why is our claim being treated so seriously? And how can we possibly have a legally valid claim to land on Mars?
"Well, the answer involves cosmology, laser science, morse code, public international law and space law.
"It has been assessed favorably by top legal and scientific academics.
"With a claim that is very consistent with the legal proof requirements for acquisition of difficult, distant or relatively barren terrain - on Earth... but applied also to Mars - and is not blocked by any elements of the OST, we can justify an international legal right to due process.
"While we would have a genuine chance of securing title ownership of celestial land, this is not an absolute requirement for us.
"With the 50th anniversary of OST being next year, we anticipate much media attention.
"This will enable us to focus on our campaign goal - shedding light on the need for the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) to update the OST before it is dangerously dropped by space faring nations - something that looks to be a very real risk."
The mars.sale website reads, "Now that gets you a legal claim to land on Mars that is one thousand times cheaper than most of those novelty Moon/Mars deeds that are being sold out there! Please do make your own comparisons and read further into all this and you will see ours is the strongest and only truly legal claim to land on Mars."
Well there's a lot of little green men who may just disagree with you on that one fella!
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