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Space billboards could cost $65M and still turn a profit
- ddevault 4y agoWe need to outlaw advertising before it gets even worse.
- tarakat 4y agoI think we can all agree that they should be de-orbited onto whoever commissioned them.
- hkxer 4y agoI think people would work on taking down these satellites. Whether by shining coordinated lasers at them, homemade projectiles, or some other method.
- tveita 4y agoThe Pepsi®-Musk kesslerization event of 2027
- TecoAndJix 4y agoIs shared visual space protected by international law?
- withinboredom 4y agoIt’s already hard enough to show my kid the wonder of a sky full of stars.
- mosselman 4y agoIt is insane how much advertisement we already tolerate in life, this would be a crime against humanity.
- Thervicarl 4y ago> The study, from Russian researchers [...] They would deorbit after 1-3 months [...] But it gets a little fuzzy in the income estimates. Even assuming that this could be done once or twice for some stupid novelty effect stunt, there is no way in hell that this can become a viable business practice.
- abudabi123 4y agoAssuming a five million member metropolis all see the space based billboard then that values each ad-impression at $13 per individual stretched for the time it is in orbit, that is lower than minimum wage for one hour.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoAnd like that tomorrow ASAT weapons had become today adblockers.
- lm28469 4y agoWe have to stop seeing everything through the "profitability lens", it clearly isn't sustainable
- sprkwd 4y agoMy tolerance for marketing and advertising is certainly coming to a middle.
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- wcoenen 4y agoThe paper looks very professional. Well structured, good English, nice math type setting, nice color figures... I can't help but be impressed, despite the intended goal of spamming the night sky with advertising. It might be good material to include in a class on orbital mechanics. https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/9/8/419/htm https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/9/8/419/htm
- squarefoot 4y agoDon't miss the short story "Buy Jupiter!" by Isaac Asimov who, as many other things, saw it coming ages ago.
- alden5 4y agoThe day I see an ad in the night sky is the day i become a terrorist
- anm89 4y agoI literally advocate for violence against anyone proposing this at any level. No qualifications
- lp0_on_fire 4y agoI am of the believe that "marketing" as a profession and an area of study has been one of the worst things ever to happen to the human race. These people would install digital screens on our eyelids and force us to watch ads while our eyes are closed if they could.
- mickdeek86 4y agoDon't give them any ideas