Startup Wants to Launch Giant Glowing Ads Into the Night Sky

[Orby]

Oof time to move to the country

[Kokolums]

It would be cheaper to sell contact lenses with ads in them so that every so often you vision is blocked by a huge ad for a deal at mcdonalds.

[Techno-Druid]

I can only imagine the abject horror the Sentinelese will have when they look up at the night sky and suddenly see a giant KFC ad.

[Gadion]

No...just no. the night sky, when light pollution doesn't destroy it, is the last bastion of beauty and wonder left to us in the world.

I totally agree. When I gaze up at the stars in wonder, I don't want my amazement to be disturbed by flying trash

[Medusa Cascade]

Time to invest in a cube sat killing satellite.

[XDurionX]

This is obviously a hoax, we cannot launch an ad big enough to be seen from earth's surface into space. Look up how big the ISS is, what it cost to launch, and how big it looks from earth. Try spotting single satellites with your naked eye.

[Collegeguy]

North Korea or some other country would surely just fire a missile at it.

Way to make Kim Jong-Un the world hero KFC.

[d00mGuArD]

This is a hack waiting to happen... and without physical access, the sign can be irrecoverable by just disabling the wifi card
Taking bets which hacking group will change the sign to a giant dick... forever

[dlld]

reminded me of this video i saw some time ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1ibDImAYU

in short.. no

[Travis B]

hope he gets assassinated before anything can come of it

The little prick who wants to advertise in space this isn't worthy of the term "assassinated", but I completely agree with your sentiment.

[VanishingAct]

We're counting on you Americans to shoot them down ayy

[Noomz]

(Source)


(Link to the concept video)

The ego on this guy is incredible. Do you think this is a good idea? Do you think the commercialization of space is inevitable?

I personally think that this would be cool for a while before ultimately becoming more space junk in our orbit.

Also something that stood out for me:

It's not gonna happen. I hope he stubs all his toes. Fuck this rampant late capitalism.

[CarlingBlackLabel]

Terrible idea. Leave our night sky as it is. It's already polluted by the number of lights we have in cities and towns so we don't get to enjoy it in its full glory.

Also, if this does go ahead, I'll need to invent an atmospheric ad-blocker somehow...

[Blade Wolf]

What's next, subtle ads while we sleep? We get it, they wanna force ads everywhere. The night sky is the only thing humanity hasn't managed to fully capitalise but give it a few years and BAM.

[Mister Cheese]

Let's just ruin the chance of anyone seeing a beautiful unpolluted night sky ever again.

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What's next, subtle ads while we sleep? We get it, they wanna force ads everywhere.

They already tried that idea with some buses and trains. Putting ads in the windows where people would lean their heads on to sleep.

[ItsRainingMetal]

Oh fuck no and fuck StartRocket, seriously what the fuck.

I dont know anything about the legal stuff, but, if it's currently legal, that needs to be changed yesterday. If all else fails, im totally OK with anybody that shoots it down.

[therealbowser]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

OT: Oh good, more adverts. I hate it already. It's totally going to happen eventually too, even if this guy isn't the one who pulls it off. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

I see you caught my pun. Well done. It was actually unintentional at first, but once I saw what I had written, it felt right.

Either way, things like this only happen if we let it happen. That said, we probably will let it happen, since we tend to treat everything as no big deal since the next worse thing has already happened and it doesn't seem that much worse... nor will the next thing, or the thing after that. Ever heard of the analogy of a frog in boiling water?

[spdr]

Terrible idea. Theres already too much light polution.

[Dastreus]

Nuke the planet. It's the only way to prevent this abhorrent abomination of an idea from coming to fruition. Corporations have a way of getting 100% of what they want.

[nymphetsss]

Here's to hoping laws are passed to ban this before it ever sees the light of day.

^this 100%

If this sort of garbage happens I will dedicate my life to destroying these companies. I hate light pollution and ADS