Honest writing about how to buy land on Mars, what a novelty land certificate actually grants, and how to pick a unique space gift that does not end up in a drawer.
Most people who want to buy land on Mars have the same two questions. Is this real, and what am I actually holding afterwards.
Read how to buy land on mars without getting scammedThere is a gap between the marketing phrase and the reality. The gap is more interesting than either side admits.
Read what it really means to own a piece of marsMost people frame the certificate without reading it. There is a surprising amount of information in those small lines.
Read your mars land certificate, explained line by lineThe telescope is a trap. It is expensive, it lives in a cupboard by March, and everyone thinks of it first.
Read twelve unique space gift ideas that are not another telescopeSpace fans are not one group. Buying for an engineer and buying for a stargazer are completely different problems.
Read the honest guide to buying a gift for a space loverThe question comes up constantly and it deserves a direct answer rather than a paragraph of hedging.
Read are novelty land certificates legal? a plain answerOne short document from 1967 decides the entire legal status of the planet. It is worth reading, and it is shorter than you think.
Read the outer space treaty and why nobody owns mars yetForty five kilometres wide, three and a half billion years old, and currently hosting a rover that is stacking rock samples for a ride home.
Read jezero crater, the address everyone wants on marsBigger is not automatically better here, and the reason is more about framing than about Mars.
Read choosing a mars plot size, from nine square metres to a hundredEvery few years someone announces a date. Every few years the date moves. Here is what the physics and the budgets actually allow.
Read when will people actually live on mars?