[acefaceZ]

I believe they are part of the recently setup homesteading program similar to what Alaska setup in the 80s. If they can put a stake in the ground they get 20 acres around the stake.

[strombofulous]

This reminds me of countries who send pregnant women to antartica to (somehow) strengthen their land claims: https://medium.com/good-to-know/why-11-babies-have-been-born...

Like antartica, I'm sure someone with guns will tell us who really owns the moon as soon as it actually becomes relevant.

[psd1]

Reassuringly anachronistic to use acres as a unit of measure on the moon.

[p1mrx]

For historical reasons, a moon acre is approximately 16.7% smaller than an earth acre.

[samatman]

It's an official unit of the only flag on the Moon to date. What else would you suggest?

[ceejayoz]

It’s not the only flag.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220725003858/https://www.space...

[lunakid]

Maybe the same units basically everybody has always ever used (in earnest) for space tech (including NASA)?

[p1mrx]

m²