A book about "selling the moon"

Dear all,

Space Law is climbing down the ivory tower, reaching the mainstream in
the manner of "popularized science" books. I am happy to announce the
publishing of my book, "Unreal Estate - The Men who Sold the Moon". It
is written in a manner accessible to the general public.
The book will soon be available on amazon.com and the usual outlets;
until then, please order from http://www.virgiliu.com

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Unreal Estate: The Men who Sold the Moon
by Virgiliu Pop

Exposure Publishing, 2006
ISBN 1-8468-5095-9
Paperback, 204 pp., illus., 6.0" x 9.0",
US$ 15.99 / GBP 9.99
E-book, US$ 7.99

Lulu Press, 2006
ISBN 1-4116-7454-5
Hardcover, 204 pp., illus., 6.0" x 9.0",
US$ 25.99

Land on the Moon for sale? Think twice!
For eons, the Moon has been the symbol of supreme desire. Asking for
the Moon meant asking for the impossible. Owning the Moon and the stars
was both the ultimate want and the ultimate folly. And, proven that a
fool and his money are easily parted, there ought to arise people who
would readily exploit this weakness. With or without material aims,
many people throughout the ages thought they were the first ones to
embed the flag of their desire on the alien orbs. As the Moon waxes and
wanes above them and their unreal estate businesses, this book
chronicles their way from anonymity to fame and back again.

"Virgiliu has done stellar research on this topic and his book is
extremely informative and interesting. You will find the stories he
tells to be compelling, the legal arguments as to why one cannot own
space real estate to be illuminating, and the entire book to be not
only unique but very special." - Dr. David M. Livingston, Founder and
Host of The Space Show

"Who could be cooler than a space lawyer named Pop? ... If Virgil's
fascinating stories and characters from the annals of space property
claims were the issues, I might never have fallen asleep during
property class in law school " - Jesse Londin, Space Law Probe

Virgiliu Pop, LL.Lic, LL.M, and PhD Candidate is a specialist in space
law and policy, writing-up a doctoral thesis at the University of
Glasgow on the subject of landed property rights in outer space. A
member of the International Institute of Space Law, Virgiliu has
authored several acclaimed papers in the field of space law and policy,
and was interviewed by prestigious media outlets as diverse as New
Scientist, Space.com/MSNBC, The Space Show, La Tercera (Chile), Ta Nea
(Greece), Geo Magazine (Germany) and several publications in his native
Romania.

For more information (how to order, sample chapter, table of contents),
visit www.virgiliu.com