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Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Sky/Space Billboards?

http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Ficti … m=392]What a hideous idea

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/2 … ml]Similar article

*A nightmare and eyesore for astronomers and amateur astronomers.  Among other things.  Ugh. 

I hope our gov't maintains its current stance on this issue.

As if all the residential streetlights aren't bad enough -and- the billboards would block portions of the sky as well (starfields, etc.).

Besides, we've got enough bombardment all around from the Corporate Warlords as it is...

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

SpaceNut

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Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 29,431

Re: Sky/Space Billboards?

Had seen a few other articles over the last month but until today this thread has evaded me when doing a search.

One story was on using a blimp from jp aerospace if I recall but here is a twist on why we will not see them in the future.

[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8292906/site/newsweek/]
Space Invaders
The FAA is protecting us from ‘obtrusive’ ads in deep space. Who knew?[/url]

Federal Aviation Administration--which oversees air-traffic control, establishes rules for de-icing aircraft wings and, at least in theory, makes sure that Saudi Arabians don't hijack planes and slam them into our landmark buildings--is also in charge of keeping advertising out of space.

The agency seized that power in a little-noticed bureaucratic maneuver last month--little noticed, that is, except by America's best-loved investigative reporter (who then told me about it).

Palomar

Member

From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Sky/Space Billboards?

Had seen a few other articles over the last month but until today this thread has evaded me when doing a search.

One story was on using a blimp from jp aerospace if I recall but here is a twist on why we will not see them in the future.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8292906/site/newsweek/]
Space Invaders
The FAA is protecting us from ‘obtrusive’ ads in deep space. Who knew?

Federal Aviation Administration----is also in charge of keeping advertising out of space.

*I certainly hope so and that it stays this way.

Otherwise I will promote the use of space weapons...to shoot the "sky/space billboards" down!   :angry:

:laugh:

But seriously, it'd be just that much more light pollution/interference; obstruction of deep-sky objects; etc.

There's enough to contend with as mere streetlights go.  Take your 'scope out and it seems a dozen more harshly-glowing metallic snakes pop up out of nowhere.  There is one particularly bright streetlight (old-fashioned glaring white) at the end of our short lane.  I'd like to fix a b.b. gun on it...

--Cindy  :;):

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)