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[i]"I am the world's only private owner of an object on a celestial body," he says. The object he's referring to is the Lunokhod 2 rover. The Lunokhod 2 is a Russian space vehicle that landed on the moon in 1973 -- and stopped working that same year. Even though no one knew exactly where the rover was, it went up for sale at a 1993 Sotheby's auction in New York, and Garriott handed over $68,500 for it. Last Monday, scientists spotted the Lunokhod 2 rover for the first time in 37 years. "As soon as I saw this new data, I did a recheck of the findings, and there's no question that they have the right target. It's my Lunokhod 2," Garriott says. Garriott says he's thrilled to finally have photos of his "private flag sitting on the moon."[/i]
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