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First Artificial Aurora May Lead to Night Sky Ads

Posted by samzenpus on from the everything-is-for-sale dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LiveScience is reporting that the military's HAARP project has had its first success generating artificial light displays in the ionosphere. They created little green speckles of manmade aurora within an existing auroral display. The work is designed primarily to 'enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and defense purposes.' Next up: sky-high neon advertisements."

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  1. Re:Who owns the sky? by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Goatse

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    Table-ized A.I.
  2. Look for HAARP here... by glrotate · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Russia to launch spy satellites for Iran

    By Vladimir Radyuhin

    MOSCOW, FEB. 2. Russia will launch two spy and one telecommunications satellites for Iran in what may be a sign of strengthening strategic tie-up between the two countries.

    The Russian military space forces this year will place two Iranian remote earth-probe (reconnaissance) satellites to geo-stationary orbits, a Russian business daily reported today. The satellites, Italian-built Mesbah and indigenous Sinah-1 will be lifted by the Russian Kosmos-3M booster from the Russian military space port, Plisetsk, in the second quarter of 2005, the Kommersant daily reported.

    Russia will also build and launch a geo-stationary telecom satellite, Zohreh (Venus), for Iran under a $132-million deal signed earlier this week in Teheran. Moscow will also help the Islamic Republic in setting up two ground control stations and train local personnel.

  3. Collision... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Your poll lacks an "other" option. I'd brake hard and apply the handbrake, which on my car operates on the front wheels - makes sense when you think about it. Then I'd tuck my legs in.


    Don't forget that I drive a European car, which has such wonderful modern features like crumple zones, passenger safety cage, and seat belts.