Ah, I remember him. He was on some comedy documentary a few years ago by Danny Wallace when he tried to make his London flat a country. Unfortunately Hope's activities are legal I think. Only earth basd governments are prohibited from claiming extraterrestrial land, so he can claim as much as he wants. I hope he gets sued by someone when we do go to live in space as I doubt any contract his customers made with him will be upheld by whoever goes up there first.