Dennis Hope has been selling acres of the moon for about $20 each since 1980, reportedly moving over 2.5 million parcels - every deed voided by a treaty he claims says nothing about private citizens

Since 1980, Dennis Hope has sold more than 2.5 million lunar acres at around $20 each, building a 46-year novelty empire on a single loophole in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty — one that international lawyers say does not exist.