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Billboards in Space (NRR)

volumenvolumen 2,532 Posts
edited May 2005 in Strut Central
Just fucking kill me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/20/space.advertising.reut/index.htmlWASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. government does not want billboards in space.The Federal Aviation Administration proposed Thursday to amend its regulations to ensure that it can enforce a law that prohibits "obtrusive" advertising in zero gravity."Objects placed in orbit, if large enough, could be seen by people around the world for long periods of time," the FAA said in a regulatory filing.Currently, the FAA lacks the authority to enforce the existing law.For instance, outsized billboards deployed by a space company into low Earth orbit could appear as large as the moon and be seen without a telescope, the FAA said. Big and bright advertisements might hinder astronomers."Large advertisements could destroy the darkness of the night sky," regulators said.???????? ---------------------------------------------------------The fact that this is even an issue makes me want to puke!!! Screw cancer let's work on billboards for space!

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  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    Cart before the horse... WAY before the horse.

    Anybody see this coal advertisement that's going around? A bunch of skimpy ladies in mining helmets? Most ridiculous thing ever.* Yes, bush, coal will reduce our dependence on foreign oil. While razing the appalachian mountains. Can we get some wind farms up, please?









    * after pretending to have records to be in the cool kids club
  • KARLITOKARLITO 991 Posts
    While razing the appalachian mountains.
    Already razed for the most part. It's our western states that would get raped most in this deal.
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    While razing the appalachian mountains.
    Already razed for the most part. It's our western states that would get raped most in this deal.

    Depends on which state and where. Some portions remain untouched, while others are decimated. Very sad article in Harper's a month or two ago.
  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    The fact that this is even an issue makes me want to puke!!!

    I agree. That shit is just ridiculous.


    Currently, the FAA lacks the authority to enforce the existing law.

    I was going to say though, I don't recall the US owning all of Earth's atmosphere and outer space.
  • GambleGamble 844 Posts
    Like Angeline all over LA isnt bad enough...
  • BsidesBsides 4,244 Posts
    damn, that would be hot. I want a billboard in space!!
  • AlGarthAlGarth 353 Posts
    damn, that would be hot. I want a billboard in space!!


    Any ad posted on Craigs List can be transmitted into outer space.
    I disagree that this should not be an issue. I feel this is important for many reasons. Just the fact that it is an issue indictes to me that we are closer to coexisting with extra terrestrial life than the government lets on. Ebe here we come!
  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    Just the fact that it is an issue indictes to me that we are closer to coexisting with extra terrestrial life than the government lets on. Ebe here we come!

    You know that means they're going to want a cut of the profits, right?
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