Robert Merges Proposes First Come, First Served Celestial Real Estate

The Boston Globe, May 18, by Drake Bennett
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/05/18/my_space/?page=full

The extraterrestrial property regime envisioned by … Robert Merges … would have one key condition: A portion of the total available property would be set aside for a period of time to give developing nations a chance to catch up and to bid once they’d reached the point at which they were technologically and financially able.