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Sweden makes plans to build a little red cottage...on the moon

Caroline McCarthy Former Staff writer, CNET News
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos.
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About seven years ago, a Swedish artist proposed a plan to build one of the country's iconic red cottages on the moon. Now, believe it or not, the Swedish Space Corporation is interested. A study has revealed that, yes, it's possible to put a little red cottage on the moon, and it will apparently cost about 500 million Swedish krona. If the project goes as planned, the cottage could be up some time in 2011.

Google's trusty currency converter tells me that 500 million krona equals about $68 million, which puts the lunar cottage in approximately the same real estate category as a two-bedroom apartment on Central Park West in Manhattan.