Comments on: Chicago Man Stakes Claim to Outer Space http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1058023 Blurgle Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:04:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1058023 I honestly thought this article was originally titled "We're Two Pages Short This Month, So We Made Something Up", and was accompanied by photos of the editor and his cronies goofing around in the parking lot at 2 AM. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Celestial_Space" rel="nofollow">I was wrong!</a> I honestly thought this article was originally titled “We’re Two Pages Short This Month, So We Made Something Up”, and was accompanied by photos of the editor and his cronies goofing around in the parking lot at 2 AM.

I was wrong!

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057985 Charlie Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:15:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057985 Actually it's Science Illustrated. Actually it’s Science Illustrated.

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057983 Torgo Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:53:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057983 And this is in a magazine called "Science"? Currently there is some guy in the US who is selling real estate on the Moon. And he's made a lot of money too. And this is in a magazine called “Science”?

Currently there is some guy in the US who is selling real estate on the Moon. And he’s made a lot of money too.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057974 Blurgle Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:11:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057974 <blockquote>The idea of a nation encompassing all of outer space smote Mangan late last year when he and Ernest Eckland, his partner, were idly talking about “stuff.” Eckland pointed out the window and remarked that there was “plenty of stuff out there.” That did it. On the stroke of midnight, December 20, 1948, Mangan declared the Nation of Celestial Space into existence.</blockquote> My friends and I have done that too, usually after we've finished the third bottle of wine.

The idea of a nation encompassing all of outer space smote Mangan late last year when he and Ernest Eckland, his partner, were idly talking about “stuff.” Eckland pointed out the window and remarked that there was “plenty of stuff out there.” That did it. On the stroke of midnight, December 20, 1948, Mangan declared the Nation of Celestial Space into existence.

My friends and I have done that too, usually after we’ve finished the third bottle of wine.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057970 jayessell Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:46:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057970 I think you have to live there for 6 months and improve the property. I think you have to live there for 6 months and improve the property.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057963 Charlie Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:50:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057963 Myles: Everyone knows that the only thing you need is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx5G-GOS1k" rel="nofollow">flag</a>. Myles: Everyone knows that the only thing you need is a flag.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057962 Myles Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:32:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057962 Either this was a great publicity stunt, or ... cuckoo. This guy claims all of the universe (except Earth) for himself, and feels bitter because of other people's reactions? I think you need to occupy and control an uninhabited area before you can hope for a claim of ownership to succeed, having an army helps to. Either this was a great publicity stunt, or … cuckoo. This guy claims all of the universe (except Earth) for himself, and feels bitter because of other people’s reactions? I think you need to occupy and control an uninhabited area before you can hope for a claim of ownership to succeed, having an army helps to.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057961 Charlie Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:30:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057961 Damn, you had me going there, right up until the last sentence. Then I actually clicked on the home page and read the description of the site. Very entertaining, thanks. Damn, you had me going there, right up until the last sentence. Then I actually clicked on the home page and read the description of the site. Very entertaining, thanks.

]]> By: thecitydesk http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/chicago-man-stakes-claim-to-outer-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1057955 thecitydesk Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:45:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4738#comment-1057955 We had a similar situation in our town- http://thecitydesk.net/2007/04/09/stuff-sullivans-cylinder-of-dominance/ We had a similar situation in our town-

http://thecitydesk.net/2007/04.....dominance/

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